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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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 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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MPs mark 80th anniversary of Battle of Brunete

This Early Day Motion was tabled in the House of Commons on 4 July: ‘That this House recalls the most valiant effort made eighty years ago by the volunteers of the International Brigades at the Battle of Brunete, during the Spanish Civil War, in July 1937; records its gratitude to all those who fought, including […]

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Charlie Donnelly Winter School 2017

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Launch of IB Cymru

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'Antifascistas' in Aberdeen

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Aberdeen’s Tommy Campbell says it in verse

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Dungannon winter school

Charlie Donnelly Winter School 2017

Remembering Aberdeen’s solidarity with the Spanish seamen

Launch of IB Cymru

Aberdeen to honour the International Brigades

'Antifascistas' in Aberdeen

Aberdeen programme of events for AGM weekend

Save the Madrid memorial to the International Brigades

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