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Marking Black History Month, Jim Jump reviews a new book about the only known Black British Brigader…

As the only known Black British member of the International Brigades, Charlie Hutchison commands special interest for anyone delving into the story of the volunteers who fought fascism in Spain. 

He arrived in Spain, aged only 18, on 25 November 1...


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Scores of IBMT members from Britain and Ireland were joined in Glasgow by local supporters on 9-11 October to pay tribute to the International Brigades and to plan the IBMT’s future activities.

The Trust’s Annual General Meeting on 10 October was preceded by commemorations at the Pasionaria memorial to the International Brigades overlooking the Clyde and the nearby ...


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There was a large IBMT contingent among the more than 5,000 people at the 'Cable Street 90' march and rally on Sunday 4 October.

They celebrated the legacy of the Battle of Cable Street exactly 90 years ago, when Sir Oswald Mosley’s fascist Blackshirts were stopped from marching through the mainly Jewish area of Whitechapel in London’s East End.

The battle...


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Jim Jump draws out the links between the Battle of Cable Street in London’s East End and the Spanish Civil War.

They shall not pass! ¡No pasarán! The cry of the anti-fascists at Cable Street on 4 October 1936 was the same as the one used by the defenders of Madrid.

The Battle of Cable Street, which took place 90 years ago in London’s Ea...


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Rob Hargreaves presents a new multimedia memorial to the 10 Oldham Brigaders...

Now you can see and read the story of the 10 Oldham men at the touch of a button. The unique account of Oldham’s International Brigaders in the Spanish Civil War forms the centrepiece of a new, permanent digital exhibition in the town’s archives.

Graha...


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