Thread by @BillyBostickson

1. History Repeats itself in Reverse?

Spain 1936 - 1939, Ukraine 2022 - ?

40,000 Syrians have registered to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine so far

middleeasteye.net/news/russia-uk…

80,000 Moroccan soldiers fought for Franco in the Spanish Civil War

albavolunteer.org/2013/01/%E2%80…

2. A Dark Mirror

20,000 "volunteers" from 52 countries have volunteered to fight for Ukraine against Russia

theweek.com/russo-ukrainia…

35,000 + volunteers, from 52 countries, usually socialists, communists or anarchists, fought for the Republican Side

alba-valb.org/online-lesson-…

3. “Communists, Socialists, Anarchists, of different colors, differing ideology, yet all loving liberty & justice, offered themselves to us unconditionally
You are history
You are legend
You are the heroic example of democracy's solidarity & universality”
history.com/news/spanish-c…

4. “Some of my friends were already going over. Some of them had been killed & wounded.Then I began to see pictures of what was going on. Bombardments, civilians getting plastered all over the place. I knew that if I didn’t go, I’d be ashamed all my life”
theconversation.com/ukraines-forei…

5. The Spiral of Time, Different Actors, Similar Fates?

6. Perhaps it is not always wise to wake the dead from their well deserved slumber

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

7. Single Ticket but Return Journey for all of us

Tragic Times

History as a Hall of Mirrors