MetaFilter posts tagged with 1936

That ain't Greek. Nuh-uh.

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:24:35 -0800

The Olympic torch is being welcomed this weekend in the UK as a symbol of the sporting spirit, uniting people around the world in peaceful competition. But the idea of lighting the torch at the ancient Olympian site in Greece and then running it through different countries has much darker origins. Wikipedia aricle on Carl Diem, the man who came up with the idea.

I had come to Spain with some notion of writing newspaper articles, but I had joined the militia almost immediately

Len — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:48:17 -0800

"I had come to Spain with some notion of writing newspaper articles, but I had joined the militia almost immediately." – George Orwell, writing about the revolutionary war which started 70 years ago yesterday: July 19th, 1936. Also: Anarchism and the Spanish Civil War. The Visual Front: Posters of The Spanish Civil War. Photos from the Spanish Civil War. Films from the CNT (National Confederation of Labour), 1936-1938.