On Sunday 1 August, Perth Labour history organised an afternoon of celebration, discussion and debate on the 85th anniversary of the beginning of the conflict. Speakers included Charlie Fox, who provided an overview of the Spanish Civil War; Riley Buchanan on Guernica: the event and the painting; Vashti Fox on Australia and the Spanish Civil War; and Paul Riley on Western Australia and the Spanish Civil War.

Image: Robert Capa 'A shot of a woman and child at a Spanish refugee camp in France', c. March 1939

4 Paul Riley - Western Australia and the Spanish Civil War

3 Vashti Fox - Australia and the Spanish Civil War

2 Riley Buchanan - Guernica: the event and the painting

1 Charlie Fox - Overview of the Spanish Civil War

Paul Adams talks to the Sydney Branch of The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History about the life and death of Percy Brookfield. Thursday 30 April 2021.

Australian Society for the Study of Labour History

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