The fearless woman who led Spain’s battle against fascism
Dolores Ibárruri’s famous in July of 1936 speech was, in fact, a battlecry. It marked the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, a nearly three-year struggle between the sitting democracy and Francisco Franco’s fascist coup. Already a vocal liberal activist, Ibárruri’s leadership in the left-wing resistance solidified her role as an iconic, longstanding opponent to radical nationalism.
February 3, 2017 at 12:38AM
via Digg http://bit.ly/2jJ3owV