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The battle for history begins in the classroom
Teaching youngsters about the International Brigades and the Spanish civil war is vital for a proper understanding of 20th-century history, writes JIM JUMP
NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN: Members of the British Battalion displaying their banner during a lull in the fighting c1936;
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DANGEROUS historical revisionism is on the rise. What’s at stake is the memory of the 20th century’s long war against fascism.
We’re talking about the “people’s war,” a phrase coined by Tom Wintringham, a former British Battalion commander during the Spanish civil war.
This was a war that saw ordinary people, whether in armies or as resistance fighters or partisans, fight back against Europe’s fascist dictators and ultimately defeat the Nazi war machine in 1945.
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Anti-fascists from around the world will soon be travelling to Spain to commemorate the International Brigades and walk in the footsteps of the bravest of their generation, writes LYNNE WALSH