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here’s another great historical photo of a revolutionary. the sources have more details about Marina’s life, for those interested in Spanish Civil War history.

Marina Ginesta - photo by Hans Gutmann

source: rarehistoricalphotos.com

source2: Marina Ginestà, 94, the defiant militia girl with the gun

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The photo was taken by the Irish photographer Colman Doyle. The original caption: “A woman IRA volunteer on active service in West Belfast with an AR18 assault rifle”.
The IRA regularly conducted “show of arms” displays, showing off their modern and numerous weapons.

source: rarehistoryphotos.com

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Pardon me, I believe you mean SIR Arthur Colman Doyle.

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The fact that no one thinks this is funny AND you’ve been downvoted means that folks be taking themselves WAY too seriously JEEZ. Have some more upvotes! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

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“WHOAAAAA look at how WRONG this fella is!”

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Fuck the British monarchy and its titles.

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That’s a different guy, in case you didn’t know (the name is spelled different as well).

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WHOOOOOSH

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Have you ever gotten the urge to print 1000 stickers? Should I start a go fund me?

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Badass!

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The resistance, ladies and gentlemen

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My man!

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el salvador translates to “the saviour”. this would be a fire album cover.

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