Liquid Lunch Podcast - Dr. Norman Allan discusses 1937 Spanish milieu. A fascinating Historical Perspective!

Summary: Dr. Norman Allan's father, Ted Allan, was working for the Montreal Communist newspaper, The Daily Clarion, when the editor invoked an idea in his mind that he ought to go and assist in some way in the impending turmoil that was presently coming about in Spain, when Franco came to take power. Ted Allan, missed the opportunity to get there in a pre-arranged fashion, and thus determinedly decided to register in the International Brigade, in order to see through his mission. Within the first six months he was one of the last members of the brigade left alive. While sojourning in Europe he met some of the Great artistic ex-pats and adventurers of the times, including Ernest Hemingway, Gerda Taro, Norman Bethune and Robert Capa. <br>Norman Allan has a great respect for the dignified manner in which his father lived his life, and as such, he took it upon himself to do his father's story some justice. A curious component of Canadian history, Norman Allan decided to format it in a Script, and it is our hopes and prayers that one day this script will see the shimmering big screen. For as one well knows, the purpose of being historically educated is so that one may prevent mistakes done from the past, at which point here we may note the similarities between the ardour and language of Donald Trump, and that of Adolf Hitler...<br>This segment of Thatchannel is a most informative piece of documentation, and it is all thanks to Dr. Norman Allan's learned and honourable perspective.<br><br>See more of the great works seemingly polyglotic Mr. Allan is involved with at his website, where his range of knowledge spans a vast array of Human Interests, from Science, to Philosophy, to Homeopathy, to Cranial Therapy, to History and Art and Poetry and More!<br><br>NormanAllan.com<br><br>Recorded live on Liquid Lunch at Thatchannel.com (<a href="http://thatchannel.com">http://thatchannel.com</a>) with Hugh Reilly and Miranda