It's situated on the Clyde walkway off Clyde Street and Glasgow Bridge (opposite the Euro Hostel).
I've found the sculpture really hard to photograph and I am now convinced that I may have to take a step ladder with me to get it properly.
A little bit about the sculpture. It was commissioned by the International Brigade Association of Scotland in 1974 and erected in 1979. It was produced by Liverpool sculpture Arthur Dooley.
It is made of painted fibreglass and the whole monument stands around 9ft tall, hence the need for a step ladder.
It was refurbished and finally given a good old fashioned launching in 2010.
The defiant statue atop of the monument is Dolores Ibárruri, la pasionaria (the passion flower), a leader in the Spanish Communist and Spanish Republican movements.
Below the statue are two inscriptions. The first, a quote from the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, "better to die on your feet than live for ever on your knees".
The second inscription dedicates the monument to the volunteers of the International Brigades who united to fight against the fascist forces of Franco and his allies in the Spanish Civil War.
I love this monument and as a Socialist, I am incredibly proud of the people that it is dedicated to.
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