The Unveiling of the Monument ‘Blockade-Runners to Spain’
| SPANISHSKY.DK 15 MARCH 2019 |
Photo reportage of the unveiling of the monument ‘Blockade-Runners to Spain’ in Glasgow, 2 March 2019
By Allan Christiansen
From hotel Alexander Thomson to the party’s offices at Waterloo Street, then to the monument ‘La Pasionaria’ by the river Clyde and on to the unveiling of the monument ‘Blockade-Runners to Spain’. Back to Admiral Bar at Waterloo Street for a hot and cold buffet with bottled beers and coffee in mug – bottles and mugs decorated with motifs of the issue at stake. Everything within the framework of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) – together with sympathetic and enthusiastic people. WHAT A GLORIOUS AND EVENTFUL DAY.
The party offices in Glasgow – Allan and Iain with the flag from the Danish volunteers in the Spanish Civil war to the Danish Communist Party, DKP
Iain, Stuart and Allan in the party offices in Glasgow
Iain, Allan and Stuart at the monument ‘La Pasionaria’ by the river Clyde
Speeches before the unveiling of the monument ‘Blockade-Runners to Spain’
Sculptor Frank Casey giving a speech
The unveiling of the monument
Flowers laid to the monument
Allan lays flowers at the monument
The monument after the unveiling
The monument with flowers
Sculptor Frank Casey stands in front of the monument his fist raised in solidarity
Allan Christiansen at the monument
Allan and Iain at the monument their fists raised in solidarity
The monument. Sculptor Frank Casey with his back to the camera
Mug and beer bottle with motifs of respectively the top bronze sculpture of the monument by sculptor Frank Casey (on a background of the Spanish republican flag) and an illustration of blockade runners with the slogan from the Spanish Civil War “¡No pasarán!” (“They shall not pass”)
Suggestions for further reading:
Spanish Civil War Blockade Runners Memorial
Blockade Runners to Spain
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