By David Bacon David Bacon is a California writer and documentary photographer. A former union organiser, today he documents labour, the global economy, war and migration, and the struggle for human rights. His latest book, ‘The Right to Stay Home’ (Beacon Press, 2013). discusses alternatives to forced migration and the criminalisation of migrants. See his […]
The following press statement has been issued by the KFSR, the IBMT's sister organisation in Germany: The members of the German association Fighters and Friends of the Spanish Republic 1936-1939 (KFSR) vigorously protest German government pension payments, 70 years after the end of World War Two, to Spanish collaborators with the Nazis and their family […]
Here are the thoughts of IBMT member Kit Prendergast about the speech by Hilary Benn in the House of Commons on 2 November in favour of Britain bombing Syria. The speech stirred controversy by referencing the International Brigades. IBMT members are invited to send any comments or alternative assessments of the issues raised by Hilary […]
The IBMT will be sending birthday cards and best wishes this month to the two last known members of the XV International Brigade: Delmer Berg, who will be 100 on 20 December, and Stan Hilton, who celebrates his 98th birthday on New Year’s Eve. Delmer (above left, on the cover of a local magazine), a […]
By Jim Jump IBMT Secretary The International Brigades and the fight against fascism in Spain were controversially invoked during the House of Commons debate on 2 December that ended with a vote in favour of bombing Syria. In their justification for supporting RAF attacks in Syria, two Labour MPs, including Shadow Foreign Secretary […]
Photos by Marshall Mateer of the unveiling of the International Brigade memorial window in Belfast City Hall on 24 November. The window was commissioned by Belfast City Council and designed and produced by Alpha Stained Glass of Derry. Ciaran Crossey, Chair of the Belfast-based International Brigade Commemoration Committee (IBCC). From left: Isabel Pinar of the […]
Patrik Helgeson, from our sister orgaisation in Sweden, the Friends of the Swedish Volunteers for Spain, has sent us links to two interesting collections of images. The first comes from the family of the German International Brigader Gustav Martens, who lived in Sweden after the war. The photos, including many of the Thälmann Battalion […]
To view the set of photos by Marshall Mateer as a slide show running in the order of the events in Aberdeen from 16-18 October 2015 - click on the link below and then on arrow to the left each time starting with this image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ibmt/22443119353
Message from the AABI Spanish Friends of the International Brigades: We are thrilled to bring you the good news that the town council in Vicálvaro (southern Madrid) has tonight (19.11.15) approved the dedication of a square to the International Brigades. This is something that the PSOE socialist party had been campaigning for since […]
Nearly 80 years on from the start of the Spanish Civil War, a play by one of the greatest writers of the 20th century appears in London for the first time. Ernest Hemingway was in Madrid in 1937, during Franco’s siege, and wrote “The Fifth Column” there, under that bombardment. Philip Rawlings, a […]
Eric Cathan has written to the IBMT to say the following: Your site has enormous family significance as well historical importance to one of my dear friends, Rafael Andía, whose uncle was shot and killed by the Franquistas more or less at the same time as his friend, Federico García Lorca. Rafael Andía is today […]
By Colin Carritt Across the world, 50,000 men and women from all walks of life responded to the call from the Popular Front government of Spain and joined the International Brigade and its partner organisations to defend democracy against the fascist insurgency of General Franco. Some 2500 were from the British Isles and. of these, […]
