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Dolores Ibarruri

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The Resume

    (December 9, 1895-November 12, 1989)
    Born in Gallarta, Spain
    Birth name was Isidora Dolores Ibarruri Gonzalez
    Republican leader during the Spanish Civil War
    Deputy for Asturias in the Cortes (1936-39,1977-78)
    General Secretary of the Spanish Communist Party (PCE) in exile (1942-60)
    Honorary President of the PCE (1960-89)
    Known as ‘La Pasionaria’ (‘the passion flower’)
    Known for the rallying cry ‘No pasaran’ (‘They shall not pass’)

Why she might be annoying:

    She described married life as ‘odious and unbearable.’
    She was widely suspected of ordering the death of monarchist leader Jose Calvo Sotelo, who was kidnapped and murdered shortly after Ibarruri responded to his criticism of the Republican government by exclaiming, ‘This is your last speech!’
    During a trial of followers of Leon Trotsky, she declared ‘It is better to convict a hundred innocent ones than to acquit a single guilty one.’
    She encouraged women to fight with kitchen knives and hot cooking oil.
    Like a lot of Communists in the 30s, she went from complaining that people weren’t doing enough to oppose Fascism to endorsing the Stalin-Hitler non-aggression pact.
    When Franco’s forces captured Madrid, they mocked her rallying cry with shouts of ‘Han pasaran!’ (‘We have passed.’)

Why she might not be annoying:

    She grew up in poverty.
    She reportedly saved a group of nuns from mob violence in Madrid early in the Civil War.
    During the Civil War, she coordinated efforts to evacuate children from war zones to safe havens.
    Four of her daughters died very young.
    Her son Ruben died in the Battle of Stalingrad.
    She was a fiery orator.
    She said, ‘It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.’

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 159 Votes: 67.30% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 212 Votes: 65.09% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying