ALBA prepares for major celebrations in New York and Bay Area
ALBA is getting ready for two major annual celebrations in New York and the Bay Area. The New York program–on May 14th, at the Eisner/Lubin auditorium on Washington Square, New York City (tickets here)–will feature Judge Baltasar Garzón, who will receive the first ALBA-Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism, alongside Michael Ratner, director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Larry Cox, director of Amnesty International USA, and a musical program directed by Bruce Barthol.
Jeff Paterson of Courage to Resist speaks at the Die-In for Peace in San Francisco, this past December 16. Photo Jeff Johnson
The Bay Area program–on May 29th at Freight & Salvage (tickets here)–will feature Jeff Paterson, of Courage to Resist, who will speak on the political and legal struggle to defend Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused WikiLeaks whistle blower, and a stirring musical performance of Spanish Civil War Songs of Courage & Resistance, once more directed by Bruce Barthol.
For ticket information click here (New York) or here (Bay Area), or visit the ALBA website.
