Posts Tagged ‘ Racism & Fascism ’

Stop the BNP

Oct 22nd, 2009 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles

If you haven’t already done so you can protest about the BBC extending a hand of friendship to the BNP via the Hope not Hate website.
On Thursday afternoon (22 October) Hope not Hate are going to the BBC to deliver the Question Time presenter, David Dimbleby, thousands of messages of hope from supporters. “Your stories, [...]



The Forgotten Story

Jun 5th, 2009 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles

More than 60 people filled the Working Class Movement Library in Salford on 30th May to see former POUM militia man Roma Marquez Santo unveil a plaque to the ILP’s Spanish Civil War volunteers.
In a moving speech Roma declared it an honour for people, like himself, who fought fascism in the 1930s to be remembered [...]



Not Just Orwell

May 31st, 2009 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles

Christopher Hall explains what drove him to discover the untold stories of ILP volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War
In 2006 many new books were published and many events held to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
As an historian and researcher on the Spanish Civil War for over [...]



Spanish Civil War Commemoration

Apr 28th, 2009 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles

Seventy years after the end of the Spanish Civil War the first ever memorial plaque commemorating the anti-fascist British and Irish volunteers who fought alongside George Orwell in the ILP Contingent is to be dedicated.
Two political veterans will do the honours: Sidney Robinson, an Independent Labour Party activist in the 1930s who chaired the Newport [...]



Valley Fever

Sep 4th, 2006 | By admin | Category: Democratic Socialist

Ben Tullett reports on the battle to beat back the BNP in Halifax during the latest round of local elections
Outside London, the June 2004 council elections were particularly significant. Following boundary changes, in large swathes of the country all seats were up for election, meaning that instead of having just one vote, many electors [...]