“When town and gown went to war: the role of the Oxford students and residents who fought in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939” 4 June 2015, St Giles, Oxford Hours before this fascinating event held on one of Oxford’s main thoroughfares, the Spanish novelist Javier Cercas gave an equally insightful talk slightly further […]
Hundreds of people are expected to attend the annual gathering on London’s South Bank this Saturday (4 July 2015) to pay respects to the legendary International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39. Organised by the International Brigade Memorial Trust, the commemoration will take place next to the International Brigade memorial in Jubilee […]
IBMT member Colin Carritt will be pedalling the 150 miles from Edinburgh to Aberdeen for the IBMT’s 2015 Annual General Meeting on 17 October With him on the sponsored ride will be IBMT Treasurer Charles Jepson and other members of the IBMT and the National Clarion Cycling Club 1895. They will call at several International […]
An hour-long interview with celebrated film director Ken Loach was screened on BBC 4 last night (14 June 2015). Among the films singled out for discussion was “Land and Freedom” (1995), his only film about the Spanish Civil War. Loach explained how the film depicts how a revolution that had taken hold in parts […]
London-based journalist and IBMT member Dan Carrier has posted on YouTube a rough cut of a video diary of his trek across the Pyrenees, following in the footsteps of the International Brigade volunteers – including his great uncle Nat Cohen. The film runs for 1hr 5mins. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NxBNEi63VA
Several IBMT members travelled to Hamburg for the annual “Anti-Fascist Harbour Event” over the last last weekend in May. Organised by members of our sister organisation in German, the KFSR, the multi-national group visited notable sites linked to the anti-Nazi resistance.
This year’s commemoration at the International Brigade memorial in London’s Jubilee Gardens (Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX) will be held on Saturday 4 July. Speakers include Owen Jones. There will be music from Ewan McLennan and Karl Lewkowicz and poetry from Francesca Beard. Wreaths will be laid at the memorial. All welcome – bring your union […]
Happy 100th birthday Max Levitas. The legendary anti-fascist campaigner and IBMT supporter became a centenarian on 1 June, and living proof that, as many on the left say, the struggle keeps you young. Born in Dublin in 2015 to Latvian and Lithuanian Jewish parents, Max and the rest of the family emigrated to London […]
Family members of Merseyside International Brigaders held a get-together in Liverpool on 23 May at Jack Jones House, the Unite offices in the city. They are pictured here by the memorial plaque to the local volunteers. Convened by the IBMT, the meeting brought together family members and supporters of the International Brigaders to discuss activities […]
The University of Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona has published a free downloadable book about the International Brigades. In Spanish only, the eBook brings together more than 20 papers presented by various experts at a symposium held in Barcelona in October 2011 as part of a programme of activities to mark the 75th anniversary of […]
Our sister association in France, ACER, has sent us a dissertation by Bertrand Largeaud, a postgraduate student at the Sorbonne University, Paris, about the British volunteers in the International Brigades and the changing public perception of them over the past 80 years. ACER this year gave an award to the study, which is in French […]
Oxford-based artists Sonia Boué and Jonathan Moss have produced this art film, ‘Without You I Would Not Exist’, about exile and the Spanish Civil War. Running for over 14 minutes, the film sees Sonia Boué use objects to explore the experience of her Spanish Republican father who first arrived to Oxfordshire to work in a […]
