75 years after Jarama battle
It is the summer of 1987. A small crowd stand on the banks of the Jarama River taking part in a ceremony to remember those members of the British International Brigade killed during the battle and those who died in the wider struggle to defend democracy in Spain.…
Remembering Kilsyth’s Spanish Civil War veterans
Between 1936 -39 thousands of working class people volunteered to fight the evils of fascism during the Spanish Civil War. The war began when the democratically elected Spanish government was attacked by General Franco’s army whose aim was to establish a fascist dictatorship like Mussolini’s Italy and…
Nuclear Power No Thanks !
When the nuclear reactors at Fukushima went into a series of meltdowns following the earthquake that shattered Japan earlier this year, the world held its breath. Believe it or not, we still are holding our breath. The massive heat generated by this nuclear catastrophe has still not been…
