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30/10/2024
A new memorial in sight for Salford Brigaders

IBMT member Robert Hargreaves reports on the campaign for a new memorial in North West England … Proud Salford, for so long overshadowed by the adjacent city of Manchester, is fired up to reclaim its place in the history of the British Battalion and the Spanish Civil War. At least 30 men and women from […]

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24/10/2024
Carbeth, its hutters and the International Brigades

IBMT Scotland Secretary Mike Arnott shares the story behind an unusual memorial in Carbeth, Scotland … Carbeth is a small hamlet in the beautiful rural hills and woodlands of Stirlingshire, nine miles north of the former shipbuilding town of Clydebank. The history of the Carbeth Hutters begins when returning soldiers from the First World War […]

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17/10/2024
Teachers hear why IBMT is prioritising education

Article by IBMT Chair Jim Jump for the September/October issue of Educate, journal of the NEU education workers’ union. Not only was the Spanish Civil War one of the major conflicts of the last century. It also has a special place in British trade union and radical history. Yet, despite being a prelude to the […]

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12/10/2024
Historians to discuss British responses to the Spanish Civil War

This year’s Len Crome Memorial Conversation features a discussion between three leading historians of the Spanish Civil War: Paul Preston, Helen Graham and Richard Baxell. They will be talking on the topic:Public support and governmental obstruction: differing British responses to the struggle of the Spanish Republic. The IBMT-organised event will take place from 2pm to 3.30pm […]

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10/10/2024
Minutes of the 2024 Annual General Meeting

The IBMT's Annual General Meeting was held on 5 October 2024 at The Stable, 129 High Street, Weston-Super-Mare BS23 1HN. These minutes are subject to approval at the 2025 AGM. In attendanceGerry Abrahams, Mike Arnott, Paul Coles (Treasurer), Rowland Davies, Tracy Delaney, Megan Dobney (Secretary), Gary Fabian, Lorene Fabian, Pauline Fraser, Mary Greening, Hilary Jones, […]

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06/10/2024
Pictures from the 2024 AGM

The IBMT held its Annual General Meeting in The Stable, Weston-super-Mare, on 5 October as a part of a weekend of commemorative, educational and social activities. IBMT Archivist and historian Alan Lloyd gave a presentation on the International Brigade volunteers from Somerset and on the IBMT's online database of volunteers. Nicola Garbett and Scott Paynter, […]

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02/10/2024
Letter from Albania

My name is Erald Pashaj, from Tirana, Albania and I am the grandson of Iljaz Pashaj, (1908-1992), an ex-member of Garibaldi Battalion. While navigating the internet about the new Democratic Memory Law in Spain, I found your organisation and I was astonished by the great work that you are doing as IBMT to keep alive […]

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30/09/2024
From the Spanish and Greek civil wars and into exile

Ali Zahid considers the involvement of Greek seafarers in the Spanish Civil War and describes how British veterans interceded on behalf of one of them, Nikos Karagiannis, who was interned by the British at the end of the Second World War as Greece was plunged into civil war. Growing up in a working class family […]

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27/09/2024
Annual Glasgow commemoration

News from the annual Glasgow commemoration held on Saturday 21 September at La Pasionaria Statue, Custom House Quay … Neil Anderson presided at the commemoration on behalf of hosts Hope not Hate Glasgow. A large gathering heard speeches by Mike Arnott, IBMT Scotland Secretary, Africa Moreno, PCE Exterior, Nathan Hennerbry, MB Scotland Youth Committee, Jennifer […]

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27/09/2024
Italian groups and IBMT discuss fascism past and present

Robbie MacDonald writes… Italian volunteers in the International Brigade and resistance to fascism in the past, present and future were highlighted at an event in Greater Manchester. Members of the IBMT-affiliated North West International Brigade Memorial Group were among speakers at the event called Resistance Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow held at Salford's Working Class Movement […]

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19/09/2024
Notice of the IBMT's 2024 Annual General Meeting

The IBMT’s 2024 AGM will be held on 5 October from 2.30pm-4pm in The Stable, 3-6 Wadham Street, BS23 2JY. All members can attend and take part in proceedings. The AGM is part of a weekend of commemorative, educational and social activities in Weston-super-Mare and Bristol from the evening of Friday 4 October to Sunday […]

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16/09/2024
Latest issue of IBMT magazine out to members

Cover: Camilo Morán, 4, laying a wreath on behalf of the PCE Spanish Communist Party in July at the IBMT’s annual commemoration in London. Issue 3-2024 of the IBMT digital magazine, ¡No Pasaran!, has been emailed to all paid-up members. On the cover is Camilo Morán, 4, laying a wreath on behalf of the PCE […]

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