This episode was first released on the 16th May. Due to a series of unexpected personal issues that have arisen over the last few weeks, I am only now uploading it to the Substack.
Last week marked the 91st anniversary of the founding of the second Spanish Republic, while this Easter weekend Irish republicans will be conducting their annual commemorations of the Easter Rising.
In that context I was delighted to welcome Uma Arruga i Lopez to the show. Uma is a fellow contributor to Red Pepper and Jacobin magazine and is a Catalan writer and historian whose undergraduate thesis focused on Irish involvement in the Spanish Civil War, which is also the topic of our discussion.
Uma is currently completing an MA focusing on conflict and war studies. She has also written articles on the 1930 Socialist Olympics and a further piece on Irish involvement in the International Brigades in Spain for Peace, Land and Bread magazine.
During our discussion we also mention Uma’s review of Emmet O’Connor and Barry McLoughlin’s book In Spanish Trenches, which you can read here.
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