80th Anniversary Event: Photos and Video
On May 7, the ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Right Activism—a cash tribute of $100,000—honored two courageous journalists, Lydia Cacho and Jeremy Scahill, for their dedication to exposing corruption, violence, and the abuse of power which are routinely ignored by mainstream media. They do this work under life-threatening conditions of danger and risk. The day’s events, held at the Japan Society’s auditorium in Manhattan, not only honored the serious work of these journalists but revealed an emotional intensity as each described how they viewed their own activities as a continuation of the legacy of an earlier generation of the men and women who volunteered in Spain. (Video by Pablo Guerrero) Photos by Peter Cunningham, Alejandro Fernández Carrasco and Nancy Salame:
- Lydia Cacho, Marisa Carrasco, Marina Garde, Fraser Ottanelli, Kate Doyle
- Fraser Ottanelli and Marina Garde
- Dan Kaufman of Barbez
- Velina Brown (l) and Casey Cook (r)
- Barbez with Velina Brown
- Barbez with Velina Brown
- Barbez with Velina Brown
- Barbez with Velina Brown
- Ana Scahill
- Martin Hodgson, Lydia Cacho, Jeremy Scahill
- Esperanza León with little Carmen
- Patricia Cazorla, Futoshi
- Andrés Fernández and Marina Garde
- The ALBA crew
- Andrés Fernández (l)
- Jeremy Scahill and Fraser Ottanelli
- Edith Oxfield
- Lydia Cacho
- James D. Fernández
- Lydia Cacho and Jeremy Scahill
- Jeremy Scahill, Lydia Cacho and Martin Hodgson
- The Internationale
- Michael Organek
- Manus O’Riordan and Elizabeth Mahoney
- Marina Garde, Lydia Cacho, Fraser Ottanelli, Jeremy Scahill, and Neal Rosenstein