Beautiful Islington that gave the UK Jeremy Corbyn!
Day: June 25, 2017
Islington Museum: Spanish Civil War Banners (24.6.2017)
Interestingly, the Americans were represented by the Abraham Lincoln Brigade – which was commanded for sometime by African-American Communist Oliver Law (1900-1937) – who is believed to have been the first Black man to command White troops in any capacity in world history. Although the Republic was eventually destroyed by fascism in 1939, the bravery of the ‘foreign’ International Brigades has never been forgotten by the Spanish people!
Islington Museum: Statue of Lenin (24.6.2017)
Visiting Islington Museum I was contacted recently by a friend living in Russia, who had found a very interesting article on the Russian language internet
