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14 February 2018 No. 37 Go-ahead for closer ties with local groups IBMT Trustees have agreed new guidelines to support the growing number of local and regional International Brigade commemorative groups. The guidelines were drawn up at a meeting of the IBMT Executive Committee on 3 February, at which Trustees welcomed the creation of local groups and agreed it was important to help their work and campaigning activities. Under the guidelines, independent groups will be encouraged to affiliate to the Trust. This will give them the benefits and rights of IBMT
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14 February 2018 No. 37
Go-ahead for closer ties with local groups
IBMT Trustees have agreed new guidelines to support the growing
number of local and regional International Brigade commemorative
groups.
The guidelines were drawn up at a meeting of the IBMT Executive
Committee on 3 February, at which Trustees welcomed the creation of
local groups and agreed it was important to help their work and
campaigning activities.
Under the guidelines, independent groups will be encouraged to affiliate
to the Trust. This will give them the benefits and rights of IBMT
membership, as well as the facility to buy IBMT merchandise at discount
prices for resale for their own fundraising.
The contact details of member groups can also be publicised by the
IBMT and they will receive priority assistance in researching
International Brigaders from their area.
See full story here:
www.international-brigades.org.uk/content/go-ahead-closer-ties-local-
groups
IBA newsletters now online
Newsletters of the International Brigade Association are now available
on the Marx Memorial Library (MML) website. The IBA was the
veterans’ organisation for those volunteers from the British Isles who
had fought in Spain. It published a newsletter for members from 1947 to
2000 when the IBA disbanded, to be replaced by the IBMT in the
following year.
The newsletters have been digitised and catalogued thanks to funding
from The National Archives. The IBMT was a partner in the MML’s
funding application, and later this year we will jointly launch an online
educational resource to publicise the newly catalogued International
Brigades and Spanish Civil War archives held at the library in London.
See: www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk/collections/spain-collection/
volunteers-for-liberty-cataloguing-project/itemlist/category/97-ibanews
Who wants our researcher's records?The IBMT has a large collection of indexed cards and files on individual
International Brigaders from Britain and Ireland. They were compiled
by our researcher, Jim Carmody, who died in 2016. We are offering to
give them away to anyone willing to collect them from the IBMT office in
London.
Information in the records was drawn from published sources, from
Comintern records and from archives at the Marx Memorial Library and
elsewhere. Jim Carmody's research also covered areas of special interest
to him, such as the volunteers from Ireland – including those who
supported Franco – and the Spanish Republic's aviation. If you are
interested in taking away all or a substantial part of these records
contact the IBMT at [email protected]
New earrings and keyrings on sale
See the IBMT website for more new merchandise products. Sales help
fund our vital commemorative, educational and publicity work. They
include:
• Keyring in colours of the Spanish Republic. Large badge size
(5.5cms diameter). £3.99 plus £2.99 p&p.
• International Brigades keyring. In Spanish Republican colours
and showing the three-pointed International Brigade insignia. Large
badge size (5.5cms diameter). £3.99 plus £2.99 p&p.
• Earrings in colours of the Spanish Republic. Bespoke perspex
laser cut earrings designed for the IBMT in art deco style. 3cms x
2.25cms. £8.99 plus £3.99 p&p.
• Three-pointed star International Brigade earrings. Bespoke
perspex laser cut earrings designed for the IBMT. 2.5cms x 3.5cms.
£7.99 plus £3.99 p&p.
To place orders for any of the above (p&p charges reduce with orders for
more than one item) go to:
www.international-brigades.org.uk/catalog/new-productsspecial-offers
See online…Trove of unseen photos shows Gerda Taro and Robert Capa in action:
https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/02/12/inenglish/
1518429171_470029.html?id_externo_rsoc=TW_CCpamphlets
Cataloguing Marx Memorial Library's Spanish Civil War pamphlets:
www.marx-memorial-library.org.uk/collections/spain-collection/
volunteers-for-liberty-cataloguing-project/item/825-cataloguing-mml-
s-spanish-civil-war-pamphlets
Spain brings up the bodies:
www.politico.eu/article/spain-franco-history-valle-de-los-caidos-
fascism
Remembering the 'Basque children' in Suffolk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_67XzR_03M&feature=youtu.be
Memories of Eddie Balchowsky and the Spanish Civil War:
https://preaprez.wordpress.com/2018/01/23/memories-of-eddie-
balchowsky-and-the-spanish-civil-war
Forthcoming events
Until 17 February OXFORD - ‘¡Buenos Días Dictador!’, a new
exhibition of works by artist Sonia Boué about the Spanish Civil War, in
particular a response to the years of exile suffered by many Spanish
Republicans and their families; at the Old Fire Station, 40 George Street,
Oxford OX1 2AQ; opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-6pm. See:
https://oldfirestation.org.uk/exhibitions/buenos-dias-dictador and
www.soniaboue.co.uk/section791050_348089.html
13-17 February GLASGOW - ‘549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War’, a
new play by Wonder Fools, with stories and songs about the 549 Scots
who volunteered to fight fascism in Spain; 7.30pm (plus 1.30pm matinée
on 14 February) at Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, Glasgow G5
9DS; tickets £12 from:
www.wonderfools.org/549
16-18 February MADRID - The annual international Battle of Jarama
commemoration hosted by the AABI Spanish International Brigades
friendship group, which attracts visitors from International Brigade
associations around the world as well as many Spanish supporters. The
visit includes a commemoration at the memorial to the Scottish
volunteers at Tarancón on Friday, a walk across the battlefield (sensible
shoes and outdoor clothing essential) followed by a complimentary
lunch on Saturday and a selection of optional activities on Sunday. See:
www.international-brigades.org.uk/content/16-18-february-madrid
18 February MANCHESTER - Annual re-dedication of the
Manchester International Brigade memorial and commemoration of the
Battle of Jarama, commencing at 11am and lasting about an hour inside
Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square, Manchester M2 5DB. All IBMT
members, trade unionists and labour movement activists are invited to
attend.
1 March LONDON - Public seminar: ‘Spaniards in the NKVD and the
Murder of Trostky: A Reassessment’, with speaker Boris Volodarsky.
Chaired by Professor Paul Preston. 6pm in Seminar Room 1.11, 1st Floor,
Cowdray House, LSE, Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HJ). Organised
by the LSE’s Cañada Blanch Centre. See:
www.lse.ac.uk/canada-blanch/events
15 March LONDON - Public seminar (title to be announced) with
speakers Mercedes Kemp and Professor Helen Graham. Chaired by
Professor Paul Preston. 6pm in Seminar Room 1.11, 1st Floor, Cowdray
House, LSE, Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HJ). Organised by the
LSE’s Cañada Blanch Centre. See:
www.lse.ac.uk/canada-blanch/events
20 March-12 April MULTIPLE LOCATIONS - Award-winning folk
trio The Young’uns on tour performing ‘The Ballad of Johnny Longstaff’,
a suite of songs inspired by the International Brigades and named after
the International Brigader who, like the group itself, hailed from
Stockton-on-Tees. Dates include: 20 March LEICESTER / 21 March
BATH / 22 March HASTINGS / 23 March MALDON / 24 March
READING / 25 March EXETER / 26 March CARDIFF / 27 March
BIRMINGHAM / 28 March HALESWORTH / 30 March WEM / 31
March NEW GALLOWAY / 3 April MANCHESTER / 5 April LONDON /
6 April BARTON UPON HUMBER / 7 April STOCKTON / 8 April
CLITHEROE / 10 April POCKLINGTON / 11 April CARLISLE / 12 April
BARROW. For more details and booking see:
www.theyounguns.co.uk/live
and for more information see:
www.international-brigades.org.uk/content/younguns-dedicate-their-
next-tour-international-brigades
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