Archive for October, 2010

Mobilizing British public opinion on SCW

October 11, 2010
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Mobilizing British public opinion on SCW

Daniel Coysh, in the Morning Star, reviews Hugo García's new book on Republican and Nationalist attempts to shape public opinion in the UK:

The Spanish civil war remains a subject both endlessly fascinating and divisive for the left in Britain thanks to its status as the first war against...
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Spanish TV News covers La Colonia

October 11, 2010
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Spanish TV News covers La Colonia

Yesterday the Telediario of Spanish national television covered La Colonia: Spanish Immigrants in New York, 1898-1945, a photography exhibit curated by ALBA Board member James D. Fernández, and co-sponsored by ALBA. The segment can be viewed here (beginning at the 01:01:18 mark.) The show has already received a good amount of coverage in the...
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“Hidden Truths” CD now available

October 8, 2010
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“Hidden Truths” CD now available

Utopia Productions based in Guillena, Andalucía has produced a CD of a live concert performed by the 24-year old Andalusian singer-songwriter, Lucía Sócam. She lends her voice to those who were forced to remain silent for so many years. All 18 songs are based on testimony by different people who tried to save the...
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NPR covers Mexican Suitcase

October 7, 2010
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NPR covers Mexican Suitcase

The Spanish Civil War exhibit at the International Center of Photography was the covered today by The World from National Public Radio and Public Radio International. Images, background details here. Listen to the segment here.
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Italian jurist on Garzón

October 6, 2010
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Italian jurist on Garzón

Dr. Venturino Giorgio Venturini, the retired Italian jurist and Spanish Civil War researcher, provides a very detailed overview of Garzón's career and cases brought against him in CounterCurrents:

During an examination of Spain 's human rights record in May this year at the UN Human Rights Council, Mexico asked...
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Spain Art Fest ´10, Oct 6 – 7

October 6, 2010
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Spain Art Fest ´10 takes place in the iconic Times Square presenting a selection of works by Spanish artists living in New York City. The Festival will feature performance, sound, multimedia projections and site-specific installations that will interact with thousands of passersby bridging art, technology and culture. The works will immerse themselves into Times...
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Exiles’ descendants speak

October 5, 2010
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Exiles’ descendants speak

This past May Javier Nuñéz, reporting for Deia, interviewed Ludivina García and Ceferino Álvarez (who passed away in August), of the Association of Descendents of Spanish Civil War exiles, on the the Garzón case and the quality of Spanish democracy. When asked what they thought about Garzón being debarred...
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Remembering Sam Lesser

October 5, 2010
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Remembering Sam Lesser

The Morning Star has published two items on Sam Lesser, the British IB vet and chairman of the International Brigade Memorial Trust, who passed away last week: a brief notice and an obituary by Roger Bagley:

The Daily Worker also sent Lesser to Cuba as the world held its...
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Coming up: ALB tour in Spain

October 4, 2010
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Alan Warren, who is organizing a two-week tour around "The Memories and Places of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade" in Spain later this month, has launched a blog to record the group's experiences. See here for an itinerary.
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Seeger on Sunday

October 4, 2010
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Seeger on Sunday

"I have to say no to all sorts of good people ..." Pete Seeger, who will be playing at a Puffin-hosted ALBA benefit event in two weeks (order tickets here, press release here), describes his Sunday routine for the Times' Michael Wilson:

It’s almost a bad joke in...
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