Nancy Phillips, member of the IBMT and the Friends and Family of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (FFALB), provides a report and statement about the recent additions to the Les Camposines Memorial near the municipality of La Fatarella, Catalonia. Dedicated to those killed at the Battle of the Ebro, the memorial plaques are updated annually as […]
Drawing from research in the Marx Memorial Library’s archives, David Grant sketches the life story of Percy Ludwick, a Soviet International Brigader and engineer originally from the East End of London. This piece was originally published in ¡No Pasaran! 3-2022. Securely stored and accurately catalogued in the International Brigade Archive, within the Marx Memorial Library […]
Dolores Long reviews ‘Margaret Powell: An Extraordinary Life’ by Ruth Muller (Crickhowell District Archive Centre, 2022). This piece was originally published in ¡No Pasaran! 3-2022. This is a short biography of the fascinating life of Spanish Civil War nurse volunteer Margaret Powell (1913-1990), written by her daughter. Lily Margaret was born into a farming family […]
The IBMT received this report from Reinhardt Silbermann, of the IBMT’s German sister-organisation KSFR, about the unveiling of a new memorial in Hamburg in August 2022. The memorial plaque is dedicated to the efforts of seamen and transport workers in the Spanish Civil War. Dear friends, More than two years ago we already wanted to […]
IBMT member Tony Fox’s ‘I Sing of My Comrades: Remembering Stockton’s International Brigaders’ (2022) has been reviewed by Don Watson in North East History, Volume 53 (2022), the journal of the North East Labour History society. An edited preview of the review can be read below. ‘I Sing of My Comrades’ is available from the […]
The important work carried out by the IBMT has been lauded by the main historical memory association in the city of Lleida in Catalonia. The IBMT is this year’s winner of the Premi2N international award bestowed by the Ateneu Cooperatiu La Baula. Judges praised the Trust for successfully bringing the story of the International Brigades […]
On 30 October local supporters and members of the IBMT held the annual commemoration in Newcastle upon Tyne for the ‘Volunteers for Liberty’ from the North East of England who gave their lives fighting fascism in Spain. The event, organised by the Northern District of the Communist Party of Britain (CPB), took place at the […]
On Friday 21 October Middlesbrough Town Hall hosted a talk by IBMT member Tony Fox on the history of the Teesside International Brigade memorial. The wooden plaque, produced in 1939 by Middlesbrough YCL, is currently held and displayed in the Town Hall. This was the first time since the IBMT’s 2009 AGM that the memorial […]
On Saturday 22 October a memorial plaque was unveiled at Southampton’s Town Quay Park to mark the 85th anniversary of the successful evacuation, organised by ordinary people, of almost 4,000 Basque refugees to Britain. The event was attended by Josephina Stubbs, aged 95, one of the Basque children who had arrived in Southampton on 21 […]
On Saturday 15 October, the Lord Mayor of Manchester Councillor Donna Ludford opened the IBMT’s 2022 Annual General Meeting with the following address. The AGM also heard friendly greetings messages sent in from the IBMT’s international sister-organisations, which have also been reproduced below. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, The initial AGM of the International Brigade […]
The draw for the IBMT’s 2022 No Pasarán online raffle took place on Saturday 15 October 2022 during the post-Annual General Meeting social held at Manchester's Pendulum Hotel. Congratulations to all winners, who have been contacted and should expect their prize in the post if they have not received them already. First prize – £500 […]
Photo credits: Rob Macdonald and Rob Hargreaves. The IBMT’s 2022 Annual General Meeting took place on Saturday 15 October, as part of a weekend of commemorative, educational and social events. Proceedings began with a welcome reception and buffet hosted at the offices of Unison North West in Manchester. Attendees enjoyed food, drink, welcome speeches and […]
