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The records include assessments of the volunteers made by their political superiors in the latter part of the war in Spain. Many are highly derogatory, referring to desertion, drunkenness and indiscipline, but should be taken with a pinch of salt, sometimes a very large amount. They were written for internal use, primarily as an assessment of suitability for future membership of the Communist Party at home and were often made by a party representative who may have had a grudge against certain individuals or may simply have been wrong. Many volunteers with outstanding military records in Spain – including senior ranking officers – received extremely critical assessments.
 
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 Communist centenary events salute the volunteers

Message from Communist Party of Britain General Secretary Rob Griffiths, which was read out at the events held around the country on 17 October to remember the role of communists in the International Brigades. These were held as part of the CPB’s programme of activities to mark its centenary this year. Gatherings took place at Cambridge, […]

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New film focuses on those affected by civil war and dictatorship

Artist Christine Jones provides the background and inspiration behind her new film ‘Spain: Still Cause’.

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Diary of a Scottish medic in Spain

Alan Lloyd reviews 'The Road to Madrid: Diary of Donald Gallie, Member of the Scottish Medical Aid Unit, Serving in the Spanish Civil War, September– December 1936' by Nina Stevens (Sussex Academic Press 2019). Originally published in ¡No Pasarán! 1-2020.

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Len Crome Memorial Conference 2020: An introduction to Scotland and the Spanish Civil War

This year’s annual IBMT Len Crome Memorial Conference will be held at the alma mater of its namesake, the University of Edinburgh on Saturday 21 March. IBMT Scotland Secretary Mike Arnott gives a taster of what to expect at the conference with an outline on the impact of the Spanish Civil War on Scotland.

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New EC members elected at AGM

Two new members, and one returning member, were elected to the Executive Committee of the IBMT at the Annual General Meeting held on 5 October in London: David McKnight, Jonathon Havard and Mike Arnott.

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British-born volunteers of the week

Recent posts on Twitter by fellow International Brigade memorial organisations in the US and Canada have underlined the fact that not every International Brigade volunteer from Britain and Ireland is listed in our database of nearly 2,400 Brigaders (see www.international-brigades.org.uk/the-volunteers).   This is because several volunteers who served in the American and Canadian battalions in […]

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Aberdeen’s Tommy Campbell says it in verse

The 2019 Aberdeen Trades Union Council report contains this poem written by Tommy Campbell, Unite’s Regional Industrial Organiser. It was especially written for a forthcoming booklet on Aberdeen’s  International Brigaders.   Granite City Heroes   Working-class heroes, so strong; so proud  your  ideals keep us fighting, shouting aloud whilst we campaign for justice, your hopes see […]

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Conference: Football and the Spanish Civil War

What impact did the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 have on football? Is the legacy of the war still present, and does it help us understand Spanish football today? What about Britain: did the war in Spain have any effects on football here?   These are some of the questions that are likely to be […]

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Minutes of our 2018 Annual General Meeting

Here are the draft minutes of the IBMT’s Annual General Meeting held earlier this month. These will be submitted to the 2019 AGM for final approval.     International Brigade Memorial Trust   Draft minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 13 October 2018 in the Guildhall, 39 Alfred Gelder Street, Hull HU1 2AG […]

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Book now for IBMT conference on football and the Spanish Civil War

Booking is now open for what promises to be a highly popular IBMT conference day next year with the theme of football and the Spanish Civil War. The main speakers will be Sid Lowe, The Guardian’s football correspondent in Madrid, and Daniel Gray, the author of books both about football culture and the International Brigade volunteers […]

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Memorial sites in Tarancón

IBMT Scotland Secretary Mike Arnott reports on efforts to preserve the Spanish Civil War heritage of the Castilian village of Tarancón, where there was an International Brigade hospital during the 1937 Battle of Jarama. There is also a memorial to the 39 Scots killed in the battle and another to the Spaniards killed in Francoist […]

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IBMT eNewsletter no. 36

  Here’s our 31 January 2018 eNewsletter to IBMT members. Download this PDF –  IBMT eNewsletter no. 36.pdf – to see the version with images.   Better still, become a member of the IBMT (www.international-brigades.org.uk/membership) and you’ll receive this fortnightly update of news and events direct to your inbox on the day it’s published, plus our […]

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Communist centenary events salute the volunteers

New film focuses on those affected by civil war and dictatorship

Diary of a Scottish medic in Spain

Len Crome Memorial Conference 2020: An introduction to Scotland and the Spanish Civil War

New EC members elected at AGM

British-born volunteers of the week

Aberdeen’s Tommy Campbell says it in verse

Conference: Football and the Spanish Civil War

Minutes of our 2018 Annual General Meeting

Book now for IBMT conference on football and the Spanish Civil War

Memorial sites in Tarancón

IBMT eNewsletter no. 36

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