Dublin: Anarchist militia veteran of Spanish revolution speaks

dublin | anarchist movement | event notice Tuesday July 14, 2009 15:51 by via Andrew

Roma was in Barcelona during the generals' revolt of 19 July, 1936,
when he joined the POUM with his brothers and fought in Aragon
till the POUM were supressed, when his unit transferred to the Anarchists.

VETERAN OF SPANISH REVOLUTION & CIVIL WAR IN DUBLIN THURSDAY 16th JULY
THE SPANISH REVOLUTION AND THE CIVIL WAR

ROMA MARQUEZ SANTO,
VETERAN OF THE POUM (ORWELL'S MILITIA) AND THE ANARCHISTS

THE TEACHERS' CLUB, PARNELL SQUARE,
THURSDAY 16 JULY
8-10 pm IN ROOM 4,

Aged 93, Roma has vivid memories of the revolution and civil war in Spain,
his postwar imprisonment, of links with Ireland, and has strong views on
today's crisis.