Georgia Wever of the US-based FFALB (Friends & Family of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade) writes… The 80th anniversary of the International Brigades is being celebrated all over Europe, indeed the world, in books, journals, articles,and events. The most important commemoration will be in Spain, of course, with our Amigos, AABI, KFSR, ACER and others. It will […]
David Rosenberg writes… The East End of London can rightly be proud of the very large contingent of Brigaders who came from this part of Britain. At least 36 did not return. Many of those who did survive acknowledged that what made them so determined to go to Spain to fight fascism was […]
Winifred Wheable-Archer, a long-standing member and supporter of the IBMT, was married at one time to Ron Barber, who was one of the volunteers on the Ciudad de Barcelona when it sank. The ship was torpedoed by an Italian submarine off the coast of Malgrat de Mar, north of Barcelona on 30 May 1937. Ron […]
Recorded at the 2016 annual commemoration for the British and Irish volunteers who went to Spain between 1936 and 1939 on 2 July in Jubilee Gardens, the South Bank, London. See https://youtu.be/GjOPJ_PVViM Running time: 2 minutes 57 seconds. Aileen Palmer was an Australian who joined the first British Medical Unit to go to Spain in […]
Eran Torbiner, director of the ‘Madrid before Hanita’ (2006) documentary about the Jewish International Brigade volunteers from Palestine, writes from Israel about his latest project… Dear friends and comrades, Warm thanks for all the birthday greetings. My birth date, as usual, is the date on which the fascist rebellion in Spain broke out, and […]
An event was held on 16 July at the International Brigade memorial in Cardiff to remember and honour the Welshmen and women who went to Spain to serve the Republican cause in the Spanish Civil War. About 200 men from Wales fought in the International Brigade, and the annual commemoration had an extra significance […]
The programme has been announced for the ‘Lancashire and the Spanish Civil War’ conference in Nelson on 20 August. The conference is being organised by Lancashire Association of Trades Union Councils and runs from 11am-4pm at the ACE Centre, Cross St, Nelson BB9 7NH. Contact Peter Billington for more information: pete1718@phonecoop.coop Posted 21 July […]
Townsend Productions announce… David Heywood to play Clem Beckett David Heywood (pictured) will be playing the lead role of International Brigader Clem Beckett in the forthcoming production of ‘Dare Devil Rides to Jarama’. And of course the very familiar Neil Gore (pictured) will be playing fellow Brigader Christopher Caudwell and other characters. […]
Ed Ayres, of the IBMT Oxfordshire memorial committee, reports on Ken Loach’s participation at a screening of ‘Land and Freedom’ hosted by the IBMT and Oxford University students last month. His report was compiled with the help of Dr Connal Parr, Colin Carritt and Ann Domoney. Directed by Ken Loach and released in 1995, ‘Land […]
There will be an 80th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Jarama organised by the Madrid-based AABI International Brigades friendship group on the weekend of 17-19 February 2017. Supported by the IBMT, the weekend will bring together International Brigade supporters from around the world and will include visits to the Jarama battlefield south-east of […]
A weekend in which trade unionist, labour movement activists and IBMT members are invited to participate in an 8oth anniversary commemoration of the first battle of the British Battalion, at Jarama on 12 February 1937. With the support of Unite, Unison, ASLEF, PCS and the TUC in the North West, the weekend will be focusing on […]
By José Velázquez Over 75 years ago an attempted military coup to overthrow the democratically elected government in Spain led to a civil war. Lasting three years (1936-1939), the war resulted in the death of an estimated 500,000 people. The victory of the Francoist regime in 1939 saw a post-war period marked by reprisals […]
