In Spain with Orwell
May 15th, 2013 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles, Features, FrontpageBARRY WINTER reviews Chris Hall’s latest book on the ILP and the Spanish Civil War.
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Two Hundred Brigaders Pay Homage to Orwell
Mar 9th, 2013 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles, Frontpage, NewsOver 200 people assembled at the Manchester Conference Centre on Saturday 2 March to take part in the annual IBMT (International Brigade Memorial Trust) Len Crome Lecture. The title of the day’s conference was ‘Homage to Catalonia 75 years on’.
Orwell to be honoured by International Brigades
Feb 27th, 2013 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles, Events, FrontpageThe International Brigades Memorial Trust is holding a special event in Manchester on 2 March to mark the 75th anniversary of George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia.
Homage to Catalonia on Radio4
Jan 28th, 2013 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles, Events, FrontpageHomage to Catalonia, George Orwell’s book about his experiences as an ILP volunteer at the Spanish Civil War, has been dramatised on Radio 4 over the last few weeks.
A digital record of the Spanish Civil War
May 28th, 2012 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles, Frontpage, NewsThe Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick has completed its project to digitise more than 13,000 pages of archives relating to the Spanish Civil War.
Benefit for the Brigade
May 18th, 2012 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles, Events, FrontpageThe International Brigade Memorial Trust are holding a benefit night at Chorlton Irish Club in Chorlton-cum-Hardy on Friday 18 May. The acts include Les Jones and Friends of the Beech, The Madonnnas, and the Bourbon Street Preachers.
Orwell anniversary trip to Catalonia
Jan 27th, 2012 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles, Frontpage, NewsThe Porta de la Historia co-operative is organising a weekend trip to Catalonia to commemorate the 75th anniversary of George Orwell’s wounding outside Huesca.
ILP History 4: War and After
Jan 22nd, 2012 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles, Features, Frontpage, LeadPart four of The ILP: Past & Present featuring the ILP in the 1930s, its role in the Spanish Civil War, and its attitude to the Second World War. It also covers the post-war decline of the ILP as a political force before its re-constitution as Independent Labour Publications in 1975.
This is the latest extract from a 1993 pamphlet written by BARRY WINTER which we are planning to re-write. We are putting the text online in six stages, supplemented by a series of ‘side stories’, and invite you to comment on the contents.
Remembering Spain’s volunteers
Jul 25th, 2011 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles, FrontpageOn Saturday 16 July, the 75th anniversary of the first involvement of anti-fascist volunteers from north west England in the Spanish Civil War was commemorated at Manchester Town Hall. CHRIS HALL was there.
Over 100 people, including many young Spaniards, were present to hear about the contribution of the north west in the fight against fascism [...]
The North West’s Spain Volunteers
May 20th, 2011 | By Matthew Brown | Category: ArticlesThe 75th anniversary of the Spanish Civil war will be commemorated at Manchester Town Hall on Saturday 16 July with a celebration of the contribution made by volunteers from the north west of England.
Organised by the International Brigade Memorial Trust, the event will mark the role of the north west volunteers in the Sculpture Hall [...]
A short, moving account of the Spanish Civil War. Focusing on events in Catalonia, it shows how even today, there is more to be remembered than the courage of the International Brigade.
A lively, frank and well-illustrated account of the ILP’s history from its origins in the 1890s, the Labour party’s development, and the rise and fall of the Labour left.