To be published this summer by the SEARCH Foundation: George Venturini's The Last Great Cause: Volunteers from Australia and Emilia-Romagna in Defence of the Spanish Republic, 1936-1939. Nine chapters, two appendices, containing names of 65 volunteers from Australia and 431 from Emilia-Romagna.
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The University of Valencia has just published the Spanish translation of Angela Jackson's classic British Women in the Spanish Civil War.
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Carol Strickland for the Christian Science Monitor:
"The reach of his curiosity," Galassi says, "is breathtaking." Not content to make pretty pictures, his goal was to discover the world and, in so doing, expand his – and our – vision.
More here.The Supreme court has rejected Garzón's request that Justice Varela recuse himself in the case related to Garzón's attempt to open an investigation of crimes against humanity during the Civil War and the Franco dictatorship, and does not agree with Garzón that Varela's request of the plaintiffs to "revise and resubmit" their...
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The 74th Reunion of the Volunteers for Liberty: Brigadistas and Activists: A Legacy Without Borders. With Amy Goodman, recipient of the first annual ALBA Activist Award. Sunday, May 2nd, 2010, Museo del Barrio, New York City. Here is a slideshow:
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We are sad to report that long-time ALBA friend and supporter Carmen de Zulueta Cebrián, daughter of the Spanish Republican diplomat Luis de Zulueta, passed away this Saturday. Obituaries here and here.
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The documentary on the Abraham Lincoln Brigade by Tony Geist and Alfonso Domingo can be viewed online on Google Video.
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Written, produced and directed by Mary Dore, Sam Sills, and Noel Buckner, with major funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, "The Good Fight" (1984, 98 min.), narrated by Studs Terkel, explores this often-ignored part of our history through newsreels, photographs, interviews and Depression-era music. Join a free Q&A with filmmaker Mary...
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Tolerance, in Canada, reports
A state prosecutor Friday recommended that Argentina turn down all lawsuits related to crimes under former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco, since they are being dealt with in Spain, a justice official said. "Any country is qualified to prosecute crimes against humanity, but on condition that the country...
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The Reader (Almería, Spain) reports:
Spain will next week have to explain the processes being taken by the Supreme Court against National Court judge, Baltasar Garzón, to the United Nations, following’s Garzón difficulties in investigating crimes and disappearances in the Franco years. On Wednesday Spain’s human rights record is set to...
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My grandfather (Nana), Suresh, moved to the United States in 1959 as a young man on a student visa pursuing his master’s degree. His parents, my great grandparents, sought value in being ‘foreign educated’ and bringing his education home – to Mumbai, India to run their family business. 2 years after my Nana moved...
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Peter N. Carroll, a respected and prolific writer, poet, and US historian, died after a short illness on September 16, surrounded by his family. He was 80. Born in New York City in 1943 to a secular Jewish family, Peter grew up in the Bronx and Queens, where his father worked as a composer,...
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LA RÉPUBLIQUE -QUOTIDINEN DE COMBAT RADICAL ET SOCIALISTE, February 5, 1938 Foreign Volunteer Arrested On March 27 last, 29 North Americans were arrested on board the boat Sans-Pareil while they were attempting to reach the Spanish Coast. They were sentenced to a prison term for violating the decree of February 18, 1937 on the...
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The “Spanija” series translates selected autobiographical accounts by Yugoslavian and Montenegrin volunteers of their actions in the Spanish Civil War. Dr. Ray Hoff used Google translate from Croatian to English and he edited the selections. As this is a machine translation, the idiomatic features of Croatian or Serbian and the translation of names and...
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The Spanija series translates select autobiographical accounts by Yugoslavian and Montenegrin volunteers of their actions in the Spanish Civil War. Dr. Ray Hoff used Google Translate from Croatian to English and he edited the selections. As this is a machine translation, the idiomatic features of Croatioan or Serbian and the translation of names and...
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Peter Verburgh’s translation from the French Newpaper Le Journal about a group of 29 Americans arrested in France. “29 American Volunteers Arrested in Muret” Le Journal, 5 April 1937 Toulouse, 4 April- The Control services of the Non-Intervention Committee do not remain inactive, especially with the help of the French Police and Gendarmerie. Thus...
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ALBA Board Member Steve Birnbaum made the trek on Memorial Day to the Home of Eternity Cemetary in Oakland, California to pay tribute to ALB veteran Hans Joachim. Joachim was born in Berlin, Germany in 1906 and moved to the US in 1924. He served in Spain with the George Washington Battalion and later...
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Please find attached photos of my visits to the graves of Lester Rowlson and Tersil Obriot last weekend. I left a brigade flag and a fresh white rose at each. ,,, I was also proud to include aspects of my Clapton CFC scarf; you might have heard of this small football club in London that...
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Peter Verbergh translated this article from CeSoir describing the arrest of the Dallet-Nelson Group. “The Interrogation of the Passengers of the Sans-Pareil”, CeSoir, March 29, 1937 (From our Special Correspondent) Perpignan March 28 (By Telephone) Yesterday morning around 10am, The Coast Guard Vessel Cebère docked in the port of Port-Vendres alongside the torpedo boat...
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Only five veterans of the Spanish Civil War are known to be buried in Virginia outside of Arlington National Cemetery: two in Richmond, two in Norfolk, and one in Big Stone Gap. ALB Tribute visited the graves of Harry Edward Farris and Thomas Moore in Richmond as well as Manuel Lizarrago and Crawford Morgan...
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ALBA's project to provide a complete list of the more than 2,800 individuals who left from U.S. territory to fight with the Spanish Republic
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