An evening with Spanish veteran ROMA MARQUEZ SANTO

dublin | anti-capitalism | event notice Thursday July 09, 2009 08:27 by xtic - Amigos irlandeses de la revolución española

Spanish Civil War veteran of the POUM and anarchist militias, speaks in Dublin

The people of the city are invited to a public conversation with Roma Marquez Santo, a veteran of the anarchist and POUM militias in Catalonia.

Roma was initially attached to the POUM but was friendly with Durutti and attended his funeral. When his unit was broken up by the Communists within the Republican government, he managed to get away and ended up in the anarchist militias which themselves were later subsumed into the Republican army.

He spent several years incarcerated by Franco's government after the war.

Anyone who has met Roma has found him to be interesting and relevant, with vivid memories of his participation in the historic events in Barcelona when the generals revolted against the government, the fighting on the Aragon front and elsewhere. He also has strong views on the current economic crisis, and has lost none of his faith in the revolutionary events of his youth'.

Roma's visit has been facilitated by a number of political groups in the city and coordinated by the Amigos irlandeses de la revolución española.

The meeting takes place in Room 4 in the Teachers' Club on Parnell Square on Thursday, 16 July from 8pm.