A group of artists and historians from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have launched ‘A Train to Spain’, described as ‘an international, travelling cross-media project dedicated to the memories of the Scandinavian volunteers who went to Spain 80 years ago during the civil war of 1936-1939’. Participants will set off in August later this […]
This article is based on a talk given by Tom Sibley in London on 20 May 2016 at the Society for Cooperation in Russian and Soviet Studies. If you wish to comment on the article and have your response posted online, send your contribution to secretary@international-brigades.org.uk Later this year we mark the 80th anniversary of […]
From Israel, film-maker Eran Torbiner (‘Madrid before Hanita’, 2006) sends us this clip that he filmed and edited on 28 May this year with Helen Sarid, the daughter of SL Shneiderman, a Yiddish journalist from Poland who wrote from Spain during the civil war, reading her father’s poem ‘1942’. She reads it in Yiddish (with […]
Here is a message received from our sister association in France, ACER, (Association des Amis des Combattants en Espagne Républicaine} about plans for an 80th anniversary trip to Spain from 23-30 October following the planned memorial unveiling at the Gare d’Austerlitz in Paris on 22 October. Dear Friends, Time is passing and we […]
For French readers, here’s an article from Vie Nouvelle (May/June 2016) about the memorial to the International Brigades that will be unveiled at the Gare d’Austerlitz in Paris on 22 October this year. The memorial will take the form of a sculpture by Denis Monfleur and is being supported by ACER (the IBMT’s sister organisation […]
Announcement from the IBMT Oxfordshire memorial committee: Oxford University and IBMT Oxfordshire committee member Ed Ayres has achieved a considerable coup in successfully inviting Ken Loach to Oxford for a screening of his seminal and controversial film, ‘Land and Freedom’. Ken Loach will be joining us in Oxford fresh from his latest triumph […]
A display to mark the 80th anniversary of Aberdeen’s solidarity with the Spanish seamen strike in the Granite City will go on show on Saturday 28 May at Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Shiprow. On 28 May 1936 the Spanish steamship Eolo sailed into Aberdeen as the Spanish Republican government approved an increase in wages for […]
Trailer for the new play ‘Dare Devil Rides To Jarama’ by Neil Gore… Spain 1936: When fascism clutched at the throat of the Spanish people threatening a foul tyranny and the menace of war in Europe, Clem ‘Dare Devil’ Beckett felt at once that his place was in freedom’s rank and joined many other volunteers […]
If you want your local pub or bar to serve pints or bottles of Brigadista Ale, ask your landlord/landlady to contact their distributor and ask for Brigadista Ale from the Blackhill Brewey. In London and the South East, they can contact distributor AVS (www.avscaskbeers.co.uk/beersandcider), while in Brighton, Portsmouth and Southampton, they need to contact […]
The IBMT’s annual commemoration at the International Brigade Memorial on London’s South Bank takes place this year on Saturday 2 July from 1pm-2pm. Among the performers and speakers will be actor Maxine Peake, historian Paul Preston and the cast of ‘Dare Devil Rides to Jarama’, the forthcoming new drama about the International Brigades. […]
Here’s a list of pubs and bars serving Brigadista Ale taken from the http://brigadistaale.co.uk website. The list is expected to grow. Proceeds from sales go to the IBMT and Hope Not Hate. The beer has been expertly crafted by micro-brewery Blackhill Brewery of Stanley, County Durham. Tasting notes: ‘Spanish oranges and lemons with […]
‘Goodbye Barcelona’, the musical about a group of British International Brigaders, has opened in Madrid to full houses and critical acclaim. There were queues around the block on the first night at the Teatro Infanta Isabel at the end of April, and public enthusiasm for the show has continued with each of its weekly […]
