Beech Tree Place is a cul-de-sac just off St Nicholas Way- not far from Sutton High Street. What is unusual, is that there are two large stone statues of birds sat on plinths attached to the walls of two flats.
East Germany (GDR): Remembering the Neue Wache Monument to the Victims of Fascism
Under the paved floor inside the building, the body of an unknown Soviet soldier – together with a body of an unknown Concentration Camp victim – were respectfully laid to rest, with a rectangular glass prism placed over the graves, that contained an ‘Eternal Flame’ of remembrance. This monument was continuously guarded by soldiers of the Friedrich Engels Guard Regiment.
Out and About in Islington (24.6.2017)
Beautiful Islington that gave the UK Jeremy Corbyn!
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
North Korea: Otto Warmbier (1994-2017)
The United States of America pursues a political path that is thoroughly anti-Socialist and anti-Communist, with this anti-Working Class policy being codified, normalised and intensified
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 