Exciting news, everyone! 📣 I'm thrilled to announce the release of the English version of "La Desbandá 1937," a role-playing game set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War. 🎲✨ #LaDesbanda1937#ttrpg (1/8)
ALT Cover of La Desbandá 1937 ttrpg by Pablo López
Salaria Kea (13/07/1913 - 18/05/1991) enfermera miembro del Partido Comunista de los Estados Unidos (CPUSA) que acompañó al contingente estadounidense de las Brigadas Internacionales durante la Guerra civil española junto a la organización «American Medical Brigade». ALBA
Another great colourised photo by @latinapaterson Chen Wen-Rao (1913-38) Cantonese migrant to New York, where joined CP. Arrived in Spain in July 1937 serving with Canadian MacPaps Lincolns. After fighting at Quinto, Belchite and Teruel, killed as Gandesa fell on 3 April 1938.
Fascinating project from @project_3541
"Every month, we’ll give you a deep-dive into the different aspects of the [1935-1941 Italo-Ethiopian] war"
First issue here: project3541.com/women-in-the…
The 11th issue of the magazine of the anarchist women's organisation Mujeres Libres (1938 - "Free Women") published I think in Barcelona. Complete issues here: cgt.org.es/revista-mujeres-l…
Mosaic Fictions by @e_r_sharpe examines texts composed between the outbreak of the #SpanishCivilWar and the present to illuminate the integral connections between Canada’s developing national identity and global leftist action. Read more: bit.ly/3iQbCCG#Jewishliterature
Looking forward to publication of my father’s Spanish Civil War memoir by @TheClaptonPress next month. Unpublished until now, it also includes a preface by Paul Preston and several poems written by James R ‘Jimmy’ Jump in Spain and after the war
This is a lovely piece of ephemera from Canada. "5,000 quarts of milk for Spanish babies" - posted by the excellent @CanadaSCW who run spanishcivilwar.ca/ which has a really amazing series of around 20 podcasts on Canada and the Spanish Civil War
The Canadian Mac-Paps at Mas de las Matas, Teruel, December 1937 and building today. Some 1800 Canadians fought in the International Brigades Via @pdlhistoria
Podéis descargaros gratuitamente en nuestra web el libro "Yo luché por Canadá en España", el relato del teniente William Kardash que estuvo integrado en una unidad de tanques
Andrés Chamorro ha completado y actualizado la edición con documentos de archivos
buff.ly/3pTWDLs
The Russian spies of Toronto! An article by me about the Soviet network in TO at the end of the Second World War. Part of a larger chapter about the ensuing criminal trials and comparing them with the American experience, w/@Barbara_Falk@OsgoodeSociety
#OtD 26 Dec 1992 Spanish anti-fascist and feminist María Bruguera Pérez died aged 77. Joining the fight against the fascists during the Spanish civil war she was jailed for life in 1937 but released in 1945, and then joined the underground resistance.
Christmas cards made by Langston Hughes to send to friends, 1950
Related: Langston Hughes Holidays: Mondays at Beinecke, December 21, 2020 bit.ly/3rfN8rk
I am thrilled to announce that today is the start of the Spanish Civil War Interview Series. I have been fortunate enough to have 18(!) interviews with fantastic individuals on a diverse range of topics. Check out the full schedule below! #SpanishCivilWar#History#WW2#Podcasts
Powerful photograph of Danish International Brigaders resting and eating during the Battle of the Ebro, 1938. They look like they've been through hell, though a couple are smiling. Some 500 Danes fought in Spain. I think about 150 died.