July 2010 saw a series of events commemorating the anti-fascists’ fight against General Franco’s coup in the Spanish Civil War of the late 1930s. DOWNLOAD People's Histreh and Sparrows' Nest & People's leaflet: ¡Alerta Antifascista! War And Revolution In Spain
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POST-EVENT 1: Feature on Anarchist exhibition and talks, with photos
POST-EVENT 2: Feature on all the Spanish Civil War events in Nottingham
Earlier this year anarchists and socialists in Nottinghamshire were shocked once again by our ‘elected leaders’. It was discovered that the Nottinghamshire County Council, was removing the explanatory plaque of the International Brigade’s memorial at County Hall, effectively hiding it away. 26 people from Nottinghamshire fought as part of the ‘International Brigades’. They volunteered where no western power took a stance against fascism.
In the context of the re-emergence of the far right on our door steps in the form of the BNP, re-launched NF and the semi-fascist EDL, this desecration is not merely an affront to those brave comrades who volunteered to fight Franco. It stands as a symbol of how British ‘democracy’ tried and still tries to brush (re-)emerging fascist movements under the carpet rather than deal with them. It remains up to anti-fascists everywhere to continue the fight.
4 events were organised in all including an exhibition and talks at the Nest and a special Broadway Cinema showing of Land and Freedom co-sponsored by The Sparrows' Nest, plus the rededication at County Hall and an exhibition in The Council House (click on Read More for details):
