Spain Holds International Brigades Conference While Government Grants Citizenship to Descendants
At the No Kings Protest in San Francisco, Oct. 18. Photo Len Tsou.
Spain Grants Citizenship to IB Descendants
On November 4, the cabinet of Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Prime Minister, voted to grant Spanish passports to some 170 descendants of International Brigade volunteers who had applied for honorary citizenship following the 2022 Law of Democratic Memory, including some 30 Americans. Many of them relied on ALBA to support their applications. Invaluable help was also provided by Patricia Ure. For ongoing applications, ALBA continues to work with the Association of Friends of the IB (AABI). For a complete list of names as published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado, click here.
Barcelona Conference Presents New Research on International Brigades
On October 30 and 31, more than 150 researchers and teachers from around the world gathered in Barcelona to discuss the history and legacy of the International Brigades. The conference was organized by Lourdes Prades of the University of Barcelona, who also coordinates the international IB database SIDBRINT. ALBA was represented by Sebastiaan Faber, who delivered the opening keynote.
