Antifascistas

British & Irish Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War

Richard Baxell, Angela Jackson, Jim Jump

This illustrated book tells the story of the volunteers from the British Isles who joined the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War - in words and pictures.

More than 2500 volunteers took the extraordinary decision to risk their lives in a foreign war, and more than 500 of them died. The book looks at their role in the key battles in Spain, including the heroic work of the medical volunteers. Drawing on contemporary photographs and images, Antifascistas documents the artistic and historical legacy of the International Brigades, and demonstrates the idealism, commitment and sacrifice of these exceptional men and women.

With more than 100 illustrations

Jim Jump is editor of Poems from Spain: British and Irish International Brigaders on the Spanish Civil War (2006); and co-editor of a Spanish anthology of poems by International Brigaders from the British Isles, Hablando de leyendas:Poemas para España (2009). The son of a British International Brigader and a Spanish Republican refugee, he is a trustee of the International Brigade Memorial Trust.

Paperback, 124pp
ISBN: 9781907103179
Publication date: June 2010 £20
Published in association with the International Brigade Memorial Trust, and in collaboration with the Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies.

Price: £20