Our Fathers Fought Franco

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Bol There was no good speaking of the menace of fascism, and not going to fight it myself. JAMES MALEY, GLASGOW It was an atmosphere I will never forget – there was the sense of freedom in the air, of workers’ power. DONALD RENTON, PORTOBELLO You fight for your beliefs, not medals. GEORDIE WATTERS, PRESTONPANS There have been reports that [when we were released] we shouted ‘Long Live Franco’. Not on your life! ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL McASKILL WILLIAMS, PORTSMOUTH A resonant piece of working class history, this book is a living link to four extraordinary stories. Why did these young men put their lives on the line and go to Spain to fight with the International Brigades? How did they all end up in the same prison cell? And what is their legacy today? James Maley, George Watters, Donald Renton and Archibald Williams were members of Machine Gun Company No. 2 of the XV International Brigade. This is the first book to focus on a small group of men from different starting-points, ended up in the same battleground at Jarama, and then in the same prisons after capture by Franco’s forces. Their remarkable story is told both in their own words and in the recollections of their sons and daughters, through a prison notebook, newspaper reports, stills cut from newsreels, interviews, anecdotes and memories, with a foreword by Daniel Gray. Our Fathers Fought Franco is a collective biography that promises to add significantly to the understanding of the motives of those who ‘went because their open eyes could see no other way’.

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There was no good speaking of the menace of fascism, and not going to fight it myself. JAMES MALEY, GLASGOW It was an atmosphere I will never forget – there was the sense of freedom in the air, of workers’ power. DONALD RENTON, PORTOBELLO You fight for your beliefs, not medals. GEORDIE WATTERS, PRESTONPANS There have been reports that [when we were released] we shouted ‘Long Live Franco’. Not on your life! ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL McASKILL WILLIAMS, PORTSMOUTH A resonant piece of working class history, this book is a living link to four extraordinary stories. Why did these young men put their lives on the line and go to Spain to fight with the International Brigades? How did they all end up in the same prison cell? And what is their legacy today? James Maley, George Watters, Donald Renton and Archibald Williams were members of Machine Gun Company No. 2 of the XV International Brigade. This is the first book to focus on a small group of men from different starting-points, ended up in the same battleground at Jarama, and then in the same prisons after capture by Franco’s forces. Their remarkable story is told both in their own words and in the recollections of their sons and daughters, through a prison notebook, newspaper reports, stills cut from newsreels, interviews, anecdotes and memories, with a foreword by Daniel Gray. Our Fathers Fought Franco is a collective biography that promises to add significantly to the understanding of the motives of those who ‘went because their open eyes could see no other way’.

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