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Ernest Hemingway wielding a Mosin Nagant while fighting for the Republicans during the Spanish civil war, 1937 (slrpnk.net)
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[-] match@pawb.social 18 points 2 years ago

is this the late modern equivalent of volunteering to fight in Ukraine

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's eerily similar. Another modern instance would be the International Freedom Battalions in Rojava, which were directly inspired from the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War.

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