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, […]
Here are the draft minutes of our Annual General Meeting held in Aberdeen on 17 October 2015. The minutes will be presented for approval at our 2016 AGM. Click here to download: AGM2015DraftMinutes.pdf
The programme of events for the IBMT's Annual General Meeting weekend on 16-18 October concluded with a march through Aberdeen city centre from the Kirk of St Nicholas to the Castlegate. International Brigade and trade union banners were led by the Grampian District Pipes and Drums. See a video clip here: https://youtu.be/dJ6RYCEaGwM
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The IBMT has a new Chair, Richard Baxell, and a new Treasurer, Manuel Moreno. Both were elected at the IBMT Annual General Meeting held in Aberdeen on 17 October. Richard is a historian and founding Trustee of the IBMT in 2001, since when he has served continuously on the IBMT Executive Committee. He is […]
The IBMT is proud to support the publication of the Spanish Civil War memoir of Bob Cooney (1907-1984), who served in Spain from October 1937 to December 1938 and was the British Battalion’s political commissar during the Battle of the Ebro in the summer of 1938. Bob Cooney was a prominent anti-fascist and communist […]
Aberdonians who fought in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 will be remembered at a series of events in the city this coming weekend (16-18 October 2015). Nineteen local men made the 1,600-mile journey to Spain. They joined the International Brigades and battled General Franco’s fascist-backed rebels. Five of them died in the conflict, […]
Saturday 17 October 2015 at the Town House, Broad Street, Aberdeen AB10 1AQ; 2.30pm-5pm The Annual General Meeting will elect the IBMT Officers and up to 11 other Executive Committee members to serve until the 2016 AGM. The following candidates were nominated by the closing date for nominations on 3 October and have agreed […]
By Geoffrey Billett The invitation of Alfredo González-Ruibal to venture down an archaeologist’s rabbit hole, into a dimension of reverse-engineered history, is surely appropriate for the journey he and his colleagues have made, both this year and last. Belchite, a town in the northern Spanish province of Zaragoza, still feels the ghost of General Francisco […]
Here is the IBMT’s Executive Committee report to the Trust’s forthcoming 2015 Annual General Meeting. Click on this link: AGMExecutiveReport2015.pdf Our AGM will be held in the Town House, Aberdeen, on Saturday 17 Aberdeen from 2.30pm-5pm. All IBMT members are invited to attend. See www.international-brigades.org.uk/content/16-18-october-aberdeen for more details. The AGM is part of a […]
