La Pasionaria

This is the memorial in Glasgow to commemorate the 65 Glasgow volunteers who lost their lives fighting to support the Republican cause in the Spanish Civil War, (1936-1939).

The statue was made by the Liverpool sculptor, Arthur Dooley.

The inscription reads - 'Better to die on your feet than live for ever on your knees'

It was a controversial move to commission it and it attracted hostile opposition from Glasgow's Conservative Councillors, who vowed to demolish it whenever they unseated the city's Labour administration. It has previously been defaced and then restored.