Author Archive for Sebastiaan Faber

The Volunteer in pdf (vol. 41, no. 1, March 2024)

February 25, 2024
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Upcoming Events: Letters from George and Ruth Watt

February 24, 2024
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Upcoming Events: Letters from George and Ruth Watt

On April 14, the anniversary of the Second Spanish Republic, ALBA invites you to attend a theatrical performance of George & Ruth: Songs and Letters of the Spanish Civil War, written by Dan and Molly Watt and based on the letters that ALBA co-founder George Watt and his partner Ruth wrote to each other...
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“For Whom the Bell Tolls Is a Very Strange Book”—Alex Vernon, Hemingway Scholar

February 18, 2024
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“For Whom the Bell Tolls Is a Very Strange Book”—Alex Vernon, Hemingway Scholar

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway’s sprawling Spanish Civil War novel first published in October 1940, is still among his most widely read books. It is also widely misunderstood, says Hemingway scholar Alex Vernon. Vernon teaches at Hendrix College (Arkansas), is the author of Hemingway’s Second War and two army memoirs, and has...
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Biographical Dictionary of Argentine Volunteers in New Edition

November 18, 2023
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Biographical Dictionary of Argentine Volunteers in New Edition

The Biographical dictionary of Argentine volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, by Jerónimo Boragina, has just appeared in its first Argentine edition. The author has also donated his entire archive on the Argentine volunteers and the Spanish solidarity movement in Argentina to the historical archive of the Buenos Aires province. An interview.
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Karen Nussbaum: “Good Organizing Means That You Don’t Tell People They’re Wrong.”

November 18, 2023
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Karen Nussbaum: “Good Organizing Means That You Don’t Tell People They’re Wrong.”

Earlier this year, we received an unexpected email from Karen Nussbaum, the legendary labor activist, asking to be put on the mailing list for the Volunteer. She explained that she’d read the magazine during a visit to her father, the actor Mike Nussbaum, a longtime ALBA supporter. One thing led to the other, and...
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Letter from ALBA: Goosebump Moments

November 18, 2023
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<em>Letter from ALBA:</em> Goosebump Moments

Dear Friends, ALBA connects generations. We see this in our Watt essay contest, which showcases the passionate fascination with which high schoolers, undergrads, and graduate students engage with the legacy of the International Brigades. We see it in the touching video testimonies that grandchildren of vets have been sending us in response to our...
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The Volunteer in pdf (vol. 40, no. 4, Dec. 2023)

November 16, 2023
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UC Berkeley Approves Monument to Merriman and the Lincoln Brigade

November 15, 2023
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UC Berkeley Approves Monument to Merriman and the Lincoln Brigade

Since April 2018, the Catalan town Corbera d’Ebre has featured a bronze plaque in memory of Robert Hale Merriman, commander of the Lincoln Battalion, who went missing in action nearby in April 1938. A copy of the plaque will be featured in a new monument on the UC Berkeley campus.
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Register Now for Online ALBA Teaching Workshop on Election Day!

October 18, 2023
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Register Now for Online ALBA Teaching Workshop on Election Day!

A Professional Development Workshop America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond Online Workshop Providing 10 hours of NYSED-approved CTLE credit for teachers in Social Studies, Spanish/World Languages, & English Language Arts Nov. 7, 2023, 9 AM – 3 PM ET Online Join Us! Registration Deadline: November 6, 2023 This workshop requires a...
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Letter from ALBA: Antifascism, Education, and Labor

August 30, 2023
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Letter from ALBA: Antifascism, Education, and Labor

Dear Friends, The three threads running through this issue are directly linked to ALBA’s mission and history. The first thread underscores how important it is to identify fascism wherever it shows up—and to face it head-on. We don’t have to explain to you why that is particularly important today. “We can no longer teach...
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