There's a group of Canadian veterans often overlooked on Remembrance Day--the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion who fought the fascists in the Spanish Civil War. Kaarina Mikalson of the Canada and the Spanish Civil War Project joins us on the pod to tell us the story of Canada's original anti-fascists.

Further reading:

• Canada and the Spanish Civil War
• Quill and Quire: Generals die in bed
• Jim/Jean Watts