Friday, August 05, 2005
John Pilger hails the Brigaders
Between 1936 and 1939, the International Brigades fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the Republican government against the fascist forces of General Franco.
At the International Brigade reunion, these brave young volunteers are remembered, including Cyril Sexton, who was wounded at Jarama and went on to fight at Aragon, Belchite, Gandesa and Ebro, where he was wounded again. Last April, he died in Tenerife at the age of 91.
New Statesman - John Pilger hails the Brigaders
NB: Before his rise to power, Francisco Franco was posted to Tenerife in March 1936 by a Republican government wary of his influence and political leanings. In Tenerife, Franco organized the political coup that would result in the Spanish Civil War; the Canaries fell to the Nationalists in July 1936 and its population was subject to the mass executions of opponents to the new regime. In the 1950s, the misery of the post-war years caused thousands of the island?s inhabitants to emigrate to Cuba and Latin America. Source: Wikipedia.
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