Why would Australians enlist to fight in a civil war on the far side of the world?
On this week's Afternoon Light Georgina Downer speaks with Michael Samaras to tell the story of Jim McNeill and his personal crusade against fascism. A fight that led him to defy the Australian government, stowing away on a ship to reach the bloody battlefields of the Spanish Civil War.
Michael Samaras is a Sydney-based researcher and writer. In 2022 he uncovered the Nazi past of the founding benefactor of the Wollongong Art Gallery, winning the Local History Prize for his essay Discovering A Secret Nazi: Bob Sredersas And The Gift. He is a former Wollongong Councillor who has worked as a political staffer with the Australian Labor Party. His first book is Anti-Fascists: Jim McNeill and his mates in the Spanish Civil War.
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