Exhibition & Talks at the Sparrows' Nest.  Sunday 18th July.

Exhibition & Talks at the Sparrows' Nest.  Sunday 18th July.

Anarchist Federation's Nottingham group hosted an event at the Sparrow's Nest entitled "Civil War and Revolution: Anarchism in Spain".

The Talk and exhibition came the day after the re-dedication of the memorial to the International Brigades at Nottinghamshire County Hall.

26 people from Nottinghamshire fought as part of the ‘International Brigades'. They volunteered where no western power took a stance against fascism.

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.

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.

"¡A las barricadas, companeros y companeras!" ("To the barricades, comrades!")


Photos before removal of International Brigades' Memorial
http://notts.indymedia.org.uk/articles/180

Nottingham group of the Anarchist Federation
http://www.afed.org.uk/nottingham

The Sparrow's Nest
http://www.thesparrowsnest.org.uk


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ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham.  UK
Email:                 tash@indymedia.org
Web:                   http://digitaljournalist.eu
Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
                                   It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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