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The story of the man whose name inspired a British battalion in the Spanish Civil War Tom Mann, a pioneering figure in Britain's early labour movement In 1936, volunteer military units from all … read more

From rural peasantry, to law, politics, the Presidency of Catalonia and the firing squad, Pete charts the life of Lluís Companys The death sentence of Lluís Companys When George Orwe … read more

Famous as a military event of great strategic ambition, D-Day is also a landmark in the story of Europe's radical pastToday, 6th June, marks the eightieth anniversary of the D-Day landings in No … read more

Killed in action on this day in 1936, Durruti led 6,000 Anarchists in the fight against Francisco Franco “We carry a new world in our hearts.” The Spanish Civil War made strange bedfellows. … read more

The story of how Spanish fascism came to an end and democracy finally prevailed In March 1939, after a heroic defence, Madrid fell to the armies of Francisco Franco. A few days later, the fasc … read more