Quickly
This is not just history from the history books - it is my family history - it is why I was only able to spend fifteen years getting to know my father, because Britain's ambiguous attitude to fascism drove him from home

The first act of aggressive fascism in Europe was when Franco attempted, with the air of Moroccan mercenaries, attempted to overthrow a democratically elected Social Democratic Government
Britain and France colluded to isolate the Elected Spanish Government by setting up a blockade of goods - they didn't do nothing - in Spain, they actively supported a fascist coup
People like my father were criminalised for going off to fight fascism
If that's not appeasement, my Jack's a kipper
Jim Carroll