Sam Wild, born in Ardwick, was one of the Manchester men who fought in the Spanish Civil War, eventually becoming the commander of the British Battalion of the International Brigade. Bessie Berry, his wife, was a pioneering women activist in British Communist circles.
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Sam Wild and Bessie Berry – the Spanish Civil War, Communism and Feminisn
Posted in Anti-Fascism, Communism, Feminism, South Africa, Spanish Civil War, Unemployed Workers' Movement, tagged Ardwick, Greater Manchester, Longsight on July 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Betty Tebbs: “I’ve always been a revolutionary!”
Posted in Anti-Nuclear, Communism, Feminism, Trade unions, Workers' Rights, tagged Bury, Greater Manchester, Prestwich, Radcliffe on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Betty Tebbs joined her first trade union at 14, lost her first husband in WWII and spent her entire life working for rights for women and workers, global peace and justice and nuclear disarmament.
Bernard McKenna and the Spanish Civil War
Posted in Anti-Fascism, Communism, Spanish Civil War, tagged Cheetham Hill, Greater Manchester, Hulme on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After fighting Fascism – in the shape of Sir Oswald Mosley’s blackshirts – in Manchester, the 21-year-old Bernard McKenna went to Spain to join the battle against Franco’s troops. Despite being wounded he “never regretted going” and stayed involved in left-wing politics throughout his life. Bernard died in 2008, 2 years after this interview was carried out.
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