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[A-List] Re: [A-List] ¡No Pasaran!


 "They Shall Not Pass!"
 {The cry of the Loyal Republican anit-fascists of Spain, 1936.
 The struggle does indeed continue.
 It is no wonder the bosses fear that spectre!}

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The Spanish borrowed it from General Petain ( of all people ), who famously
uttered the lines at Verdun, in 1916.
Sounds much better in Spanish.

Bob
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