ANDREW MURRAY surveys a quaking continent whose leaders have no idea how to respond to an openly contemptuous United States
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
Based on his experience of Haringey Council Councillor MARK BLAKE believes only a radical policy rethink will reconnect councils with the alienated constituencies they are supposed to serve
Last week the CPUSA launched a new Rapid Response project aimed at mobilising a popular resistance to policies enacted by the new government. CAMERON HARRISON explains
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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This year’s International Brigade Memorial Trust
commemoration took on an urgent tone, with
warnings of ‘terrifying wave of fascism’ in Europe
drawing parallels between 1930s Spain and
today, reports LYNNE WALSH
JIM JUMP welcomes the new booklet published by the RMT and International Brigade Memorial Trust about the seafarers and rail workers who fought Franco’s fascism in Spain