La Pasionaria
[Below the figure of Dolores Ibárruri:]
BETTER TO DIE ON YOUR FEET THAN /
LIVE FOREVER ON YOUR KNEES /
Dolores Ibarraru /
(La Pasionaria)
[On the column upon which the statue stands:]
THE /
CITY OF GLASGOW /
AND THE BRITISH /
LABUR MOVEMENT /
pay tribute to the /
courage of those /
men and women /
who went to Spain /
to fight Fascism /
1936 - 1939 /
2,100 VOLUNTEERS /
WENT FROM BRITAIN; /
534 WERE KILLED, /
65 OF WHOM CAME /
FROM GLASGOW
The statue 'La Pasionaria' represents the Spanish Civil War heroine Dolores Ibárruri, but, as the second plaque indicates, it also serves as a memorial to the Scottish men and women who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.
More information on the statue is available on the Glasgow Sculpture site: http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/pg_images.php?sub=lapasionaria