International Brigade Memorial Trust
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Keeping alive the memory and spirit of the men and women from Britain, Ireland and elsewhere who volunteered to defend democracy and fight fascism in Spain from 1936 to 1939.
https://international-brigades.org.uk/
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Publicat el programa definitiu del I Congrés Internacional. Recerca i Memòria de les Brigades Internacionals, que se celebrarà a Barcelona el 30 i 31 d’octubre de 2025 a la @geohistub.bsky.social👏
Més info 👉 tuit.cat/yCdsb
Més info 👉 tuit.cat/yCdsb
September 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Publicat el programa definitiu del I Congrés Internacional. Recerca i Memòria de les Brigades Internacionals, que se celebrarà a Barcelona el 30 i 31 d’octubre de 2025 a la @geohistub.bsky.social👏
Més info 👉 tuit.cat/yCdsb
Més info 👉 tuit.cat/yCdsb
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A great pleasure to meet Michael and Tania Hanna on the tour. Tania's uncle Nuri Rufail was of two Iraq's to fight in the International Brigades, and among the ~800 Arabs to fight against Franco. Last week they put up a plaque to him at Hill 705 at the memorial to the Ebro battle
September 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A great pleasure to meet Michael and Tania Hanna on the tour. Tania's uncle Nuri Rufail was of two Iraq's to fight in the International Brigades, and among the ~800 Arabs to fight against Franco. Last week they put up a plaque to him at Hill 705 at the memorial to the Ebro battle
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#OtD 11 Sep 1917 Spanish Civil War and resistance activist Maruja Lara was born in Granada. Joining a militia during the civil war, she was later interned in a fascist concentration camp but escaped and joined the underground resistance. Learn more: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8354...
September 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
#OtD 11 Sep 1917 Spanish Civil War and resistance activist Maruja Lara was born in Granada. Joining a militia during the civil war, she was later interned in a fascist concentration camp but escaped and joined the underground resistance. Learn more: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8354...
Join us in Belfast from 3-5 October for our AGM weekend, organised by local affiliate, the IBCC. Book through our hosts or via Eventbrite (links on the website). #NoPasarán #IBMT #SCW
4 October AGM in Belfast and weekend programme - International Brigade Memorial Trust
The IBMT's 2025 Annual General Meeting will be held in Belfast on Saturday 4 October as part of a weekend of commemorative and social activities from 3-5 October. PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME Friday 3 Octobe...
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September 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Join us in Belfast from 3-5 October for our AGM weekend, organised by local affiliate, the IBCC. Book through our hosts or via Eventbrite (links on the website). #NoPasarán #IBMT #SCW
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Spain in our hearts: www.democratic-left.scot/post/spain-s... / @ibmt-scw.bsky.social @fraserraeburn.bsky.social @workingclasshistory.com @jane-bernal.bsky.social @sslh.bsky.social @annidonaldson.bsky.social @amendlocke.bsky.social @balaitous.bsky.social @anothergreen.bsky.social
Spain: Scotland and the IBMT
On 27th July a sizeable crowd gathered in Duchess of Hamilton Park in Motherwell. International Brigade Memorial Trust (IBMT) members, trades unionists and friends came together for one of the annual ...
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August 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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New post: The life and death of local Spanish Civil War International Brigade volunteer, Tom Duncombe: www.E7-NowandThen.org. @ibmt-scw.bsky.social @claptoncfc.co.uk
July 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New post: The life and death of local Spanish Civil War International Brigade volunteer, Tom Duncombe: www.E7-NowandThen.org. @ibmt-scw.bsky.social @claptoncfc.co.uk
Hats off in this hot summer weather to a group of Spaniards who are looking after the memorial garden for the International Brigades at Fuencarral Cemetery in Madrid.
Volunteers keep the plants and memory alive in Madrid
Hats off in this hot summer weather to a group of Spaniards who are looking after the memorial garden for the International Brigades at Fuencarral Cemetery in Madrid. Regularly each week they visit...
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July 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Hats off in this hot summer weather to a group of Spaniards who are looking after the memorial garden for the International Brigades at Fuencarral Cemetery in Madrid.
Southbank commemoration hears the personal and the political
Southbank commemoration hears the personal and the political
Hundreds gathered at the International Brigade memorial on London’s Southbank on 5 July for the annual commemoration of the 2,500 volunteers from Britain and Ireland who took part in the fight in Spai...
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July 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Southbank commemoration hears the personal and the political
See you at 1pm this Saturday, 5 July, for music, speakers and remembrance at the International Brigade memorial, Jubilee Gardens, Belvedere Road, London SE1 7PG. More info: international-brigades.org.uk/event/5-july...
July 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
See you at 1pm this Saturday, 5 July, for music, speakers and remembrance at the International Brigade memorial, Jubilee Gardens, Belvedere Road, London SE1 7PG. More info: international-brigades.org.uk/event/5-july...
Women at war: the IBMT's new teaching resource.
Women at war: the IBMT's new teaching resource
David Grant, a former teacher and now a PhD student at the University of Leeds, introduces a new schools module focusing on women's roles in the Spanish Civil War… Members and supporters may alread...
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June 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Women at war: the IBMT's new teaching resource.
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June 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
See you in Belfast in October for our AGM weekend!
IBMT Annual General Meeting weekend in Belfast on 3-5 October
We are pleased to announce that the local International Brigade Commemoration Committee (IBCC) organisation is hosting the Annual General Meeting weekend for the IBMT from 3-5 October 2025 in Belfast....
international-brigades.org.uk
May 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
See you in Belfast in October for our AGM weekend!
Manchester this Saturday! Help raise funds for a Salford
memorial. Songs of Protest & Struggle. Music & poetry on the Spanish Civil War & the North West. Feat. Manchester Radical Tradition folk singers & MadDonnas. Wibraham St Ninian’s Church, Chorlton, M21 0XJ. 7.30pm.
memorial. Songs of Protest & Struggle. Music & poetry on the Spanish Civil War & the North West. Feat. Manchester Radical Tradition folk singers & MadDonnas. Wibraham St Ninian’s Church, Chorlton, M21 0XJ. 7.30pm.
May 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Manchester this Saturday! Help raise funds for a Salford
memorial. Songs of Protest & Struggle. Music & poetry on the Spanish Civil War & the North West. Feat. Manchester Radical Tradition folk singers & MadDonnas. Wibraham St Ninian’s Church, Chorlton, M21 0XJ. 7.30pm.
memorial. Songs of Protest & Struggle. Music & poetry on the Spanish Civil War & the North West. Feat. Manchester Radical Tradition folk singers & MadDonnas. Wibraham St Ninian’s Church, Chorlton, M21 0XJ. 7.30pm.
Spanish Civil War postcards: perfect for posting or displaying.
These 20 designs were originally produced in 1937 by the Barcelona-based Sindicat de Dibuixants Professionals (SDP) – the union of illustrators.
Yours now for £12 from the IBMT online shop.
These 20 designs were originally produced in 1937 by the Barcelona-based Sindicat de Dibuixants Professionals (SDP) – the union of illustrators.
Yours now for £12 from the IBMT online shop.
Spanish Civil War postcards
<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://international-brigades.org.uk/product/spanish-civil-war-postcards/"></div>A collection of 20 Spanish Civil War postcards produced in 1937 by t...
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May 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Spanish Civil War postcards: perfect for posting or displaying.
These 20 designs were originally produced in 1937 by the Barcelona-based Sindicat de Dibuixants Professionals (SDP) – the union of illustrators.
Yours now for £12 from the IBMT online shop.
These 20 designs were originally produced in 1937 by the Barcelona-based Sindicat de Dibuixants Professionals (SDP) – the union of illustrators.
Yours now for £12 from the IBMT online shop.
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New Episode!
Paul Preston on Franco
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Francisco Franco. Historian Paul Preston discusses his monumental biography of the dictator & offers a psychological portrait of the man:
open.spotify.com/episode/3ubt...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/p...
Paul Preston on Franco
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Francisco Franco. Historian Paul Preston discusses his monumental biography of the dictator & offers a psychological portrait of the man:
open.spotify.com/episode/3ubt...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/p...
Paul Preston on Franco
The Sobremesa Podcast · Episode
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April 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
New Episode!
Paul Preston on Franco
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Francisco Franco. Historian Paul Preston discusses his monumental biography of the dictator & offers a psychological portrait of the man:
open.spotify.com/episode/3ubt...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/p...
Paul Preston on Franco
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Francisco Franco. Historian Paul Preston discusses his monumental biography of the dictator & offers a psychological portrait of the man:
open.spotify.com/episode/3ubt...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/p...
Saturday 26 April saw the unveiling of the Newham International Brigades Memorial in the Old Spotted Dog ground of @claptoncfc.co.uk. Kevin Blowe of Clapton CFC tells the story behind the memorial…
Marking a debt of gratitude in Newham
Saturday 26 April saw the unveiling of the Newham International Brigades Memorial in the Old Spotted Dog ground of Clapton Community Football Club (212 Upton Lane, London E7 9NP). Kevin Blowe of Clapt...
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April 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Saturday 26 April saw the unveiling of the Newham International Brigades Memorial in the Old Spotted Dog ground of @claptoncfc.co.uk. Kevin Blowe of Clapton CFC tells the story behind the memorial…
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Thank you to @ibmt-scw.bsky.social, @billybragg.bsky.social and the huge crowd for making the Newham International Brigades memorial unveiling ceremony so moving and powerful.
¡No pasarán!
¡No pasarán!
April 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thank you to @ibmt-scw.bsky.social, @billybragg.bsky.social and the huge crowd for making the Newham International Brigades memorial unveiling ceremony so moving and powerful.
¡No pasarán!
¡No pasarán!
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Images sent to me from Hayfield, Derbyshire today of 93rd anniversary of the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass. A number who stood up that day against the wealthy+their servants for the right to roam the Pennine hills later came to fight against fascism in Spain as these stands remember
April 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Images sent to me from Hayfield, Derbyshire today of 93rd anniversary of the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass. A number who stood up that day against the wealthy+their servants for the right to roam the Pennine hills later came to fight against fascism in Spain as these stands remember
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We have a limited run of reusable No Pasaran cups on sale for £3 each at Saturday's game.
They featuring David Marshall’s poem which is also inscribed on the memorial being unveiled before the game.
All profits will go to the @ibmt-scw.bsky.social
They featuring David Marshall’s poem which is also inscribed on the memorial being unveiled before the game.
All profits will go to the @ibmt-scw.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We have a limited run of reusable No Pasaran cups on sale for £3 each at Saturday's game.
They featuring David Marshall’s poem which is also inscribed on the memorial being unveiled before the game.
All profits will go to the @ibmt-scw.bsky.social
They featuring David Marshall’s poem which is also inscribed on the memorial being unveiled before the game.
All profits will go to the @ibmt-scw.bsky.social
Join us tomorrow for the unveiling of a new memorial to the Newham volunteers. There will be speeches from Marlene Sidaway and Jim Jump, contributions from East 15 Acting School and a special unnamed musical guest …
Newham International Brigades Memorial to be unveiled at Old Spotted Dog Ground - Clapton Community FC
Before Saturday's Men's First Team game, we are unveiling the Newham International Brigades Memorial with a ceremony inside the Old Spotted Dog Ground.
www.claptoncfc.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Join us tomorrow for the unveiling of a new memorial to the Newham volunteers. There will be speeches from Marlene Sidaway and Jim Jump, contributions from East 15 Acting School and a special unnamed musical guest …
See you beforehand for the unveiling of the memorial to the International Brigade volunteers from Newham. Gates open at 12.30!
April 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
See you beforehand for the unveiling of the memorial to the International Brigade volunteers from Newham. Gates open at 12.30!
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A mural at the @oldspotteddog.bsky.social features the Spanish Republican flag adorned with the three pointed star of the International Brigades. Picture taken at @claptoncfc.co.uk's game on Saturday
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April 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A mural at the @oldspotteddog.bsky.social features the Spanish Republican flag adorned with the three pointed star of the International Brigades. Picture taken at @claptoncfc.co.uk's game on Saturday
@ibmt-scw.bsky.social @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social
@ibmt-scw.bsky.social @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social
Picasso’s Boy with a Dove sculpture unveiled in Weston Park, Sheffield.
Picasso’s Boy with a Dove sculpure unveiled in Weston Park – Sheffield Trades Union Council
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April 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Picasso’s Boy with a Dove sculpture unveiled in Weston Park, Sheffield.