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JIM JUMP explains why a legendary speech in praise of the International Brigades remains a source of inspiration for new generations fighting fascism
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It was delivered on October 28 1938 — exactly 80 years ago — by Dolores Ibarruri, better know as La Pasionaria.
The occasion was the farewell parade of the International Brigades through central Barcelona as the Spanish civil war was drawing to its tragic end.
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