Canada and the Spanish Civil War
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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 P.A. CanadianLegalHistory
The Canadian Mac-Paps at Mas de las Matas, Teruel, December 1937 and building today. Some 1800 Canadians fought in the International Brigades Via Alan Warren
This is a lovely piece of ephemera from Canada. "5,000 quarts of milk for Spanish babies" - posted by the excellent Canada and the Spanish Civil War who run spanishcivilwar.ca which has a really amazing series of around 20 podcasts on Canada and the Spanish Civil War
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 Unpublished until now, it also includes a preface by Paul Preston and several poems written by James R ‘Jimmy’ Jump in Spain and after the war
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-w…
A reminder that this Friday, Jess Thorne will be discussing anarchism and mutual aid in the prisons of Francoist Spain during the 1950s.
Another great colourised photo by Tina Paterson 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.
