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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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 Notice of the 2017 Annual General Meeting

The IBMT’s Annual General Meeting will take place at 2pm on Saturday 14 October 2017 at the offices of the GMB, Garley House, 17 Newport Road, Cardiff CF24 0TB as part of a Commemoration Weekend in and around Cardiff.   AGM agenda   (1) Chair’s opening remarks (2) Apologies for absence (3) Approval of minutes […]

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IBMT visit to Big Pit on 15 October 2017

As part of the IBMT’s Annual General Meeting weekend a visit has been organised on Sunday 15 October to the National Mining Museum at Big Pit. 10.15am: Coach will leave Cardiff and travel to the museum at Big Pit, Blaenavon. Cost of the coach will be £10 per person. Entry to the museum is free.11.30am: […]

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Britten’s homage to International Brigades in this year’s Proms

Benjamin Britten’s requiem for fallen International Brigaders will be heard on 9 August at this year’s BBC Proms festival of orchestral music. ‘Ballad of Heroes’ will be performed by the BBC National Orchestra and the Chorus of Wales in a programme that also includes works by Brian Ellias and Elgar. With its libretto taken from […]

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Advance notice of the IBMT commemoration and AGM weekend in Cardiff on 13-15 October 2017

Here is the provisional programme for the IBMT’s 2017 Annual General Meeting weekend:   Friday 13 October  19:00: Unite the Union, 1 Cathedral Road, Cardiff CF11 9SD (at the junction with Cowbridge Road East): wine reception (full evening programme has yet to be finalised).   Saturday 14 October 11:00: Commemoration at the Wales International Brigade […]

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Event at the Cardiff memorial

An event was held on 16 July at the International Brigade memorial in Cardiff to remember and honour the Welshmen and women who went to Spain to serve the Republican cause in the Spanish Civil War.    About 200 men from Wales fought in the International Brigade, and the annual commemoration had an extra significance […]

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Hamburg remembrance

Victor Grossman reports from Germany…   The Hamburg group of KFSR (Fighters and Friends of the Spanish Republic 1936-1939) had its annual get-together on 27-29 May, again honouring those bravest of the brave men women who risked and often lost their lives fighting for democracy in Spain. Only a handful survive, none at all in […]

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How to order a pint of Brigadista

If you want your local pub or bar to serve pints or bottles of Brigadista Ale, ask your landlord/landlady to contact their distributor and ask for Brigadista Ale from the Blackhill Brewey.   In London and the South East, they can contact distributor AVS (www.avscaskbeers.co.uk/beersandcider), while in Brighton, Portsmouth and Southampton, they need to contact […]

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Launch of IB Cymru

An all-Wales group, IB Cymru (International Brigade Wales), has been launched in the 80th anniversary year to commemorate the Welshman and women who went to Spain to serve the Republic in the Spanish Civil War. The group is the brainchild of Mary Greening, whose father, Edwin, was one of more than 200 Welsh people who […]

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Notice of 2015 Annual General Meeting

The IBMT’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday 17 October from 2.30pm-5pm at the Aberdeen Town House, Broad Street, Aberdeen AB10 1AQ.    All IBMT members are invited to attend the AGM and other associated events in Aberdeen over the weekend of 16-18 October. Details of the weekend's programme will be advertised separately […]

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Speech by Owen Jones at the 2015 International Brigades commemoration

They came from Dundee, Hull and Glasgow; from the mines of the South Wales valleys, from Northumberland and Dumfries: over 2,000 from Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth. They left the comforts of peace, the love of their families and friends for the horror, tedium and carnage of war, because they knew that Spain’s fight was […]

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Appeal launched for memorial in Oxford to Spanish Civil War volunteers

A fundraising appeal has been launched to raise a memorial to the International Brigade volunteers associated with Oxford who fought in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39.  The initiative has the support of Oxford City Council and the Oxford & District Trades Union Council.    The city council and the trades union council are working […]

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Notice of the 2017 Annual General Meeting

IBMT visit to Big Pit on 15 October 2017

Britten’s homage to International Brigades in this year’s Proms

Advance notice of the IBMT commemoration and AGM weekend in Cardiff on 13-15 October 2017

Event at the Cardiff memorial

Hamburg remembrance

How to order a pint of Brigadista

Launch of IB Cymru

Notice of 2015 Annual General Meeting

Speech by Owen Jones at the 2015 International Brigades commemoration

Appeal launched for memorial in Oxford to Spanish Civil War volunteers

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