Author Archive for Sebastiaan Faber

International Brigades remembered on Yom Kippur

September 24, 2012
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Hershl Hartman writes: IB fighters remembered in Secular Yom Kippur program Since 1973, progressive Secular/cultural Jews — including many intercultural families — in Los Angeles have marked yonkiper/Yom Kippur (day of purgation/atonement) in an alternative observance in which personal reflections are combined with social concerns, and poetry replaces prayer. Reflecting our general anti-fascist heritage...
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Guatemalan war criminal extradited to US

September 22, 2012
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"A former Guatemalan soldier accused of being involved in a 1982 massacre during that country's civil war was extradited Friday to California where he faces immigration fraud charges," the Associate Press reports:

José Sosa Orantes was brought to the U.S. from Canada, where he fled after American officials began investigating allegations that...
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Lou Kenton (1908-2012)

September 21, 2012
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Lou Kenton (1908-2012)

Our friends at the IBMT write with the sad news of the passing of IB veteran Lou Kenton. Born on 1 September 1908 in the East End of London, Lou was a print worker and prominent anti-fascist before the start of the Spanish Civil War. He arrived in Spain in July 1937 on...
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Occupy Wall Street turns one: We are still here

September 19, 2012
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Occupy Wall Street turns one: We are still here

This past weekend marked the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. Nancy and Len Tsou, intrepid photographers, were there to document. See their images here.
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Santiago Carrillo (1915-2012)

September 18, 2012
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Santiago Carrillo (1915-2012)

Santiago Carrillo, the historic leader of the Spanish Communist Party, has died. He was 97. An English-language obit from El País can be found here. See also coverage from MásPúblico and Público.
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New IBMT newsletter

September 18, 2012
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New IBMT newsletter

Our friends in the UK at the International Brigade Memorial Trust have just sent us their latest newsletter, with articles on the new plaque at the IB memorial in London, the Pyrenees crossing, Republican refugees in Sussex, Christopher Caudwell, and much more. Read it in pdf here.
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New Ways of Thinking About Space

September 17, 2012
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New Ways of Thinking About Space

Along with David Graeber, Richard Sennet--social and cultural theorist and proud son and nephew of veterans of the Lincoln Brigade--has an article in this week's issue of The Nation dedicated to the anniversary of Occupy Wall Street:

It’s been a year since the Occupy movements of 2011, and like other participants,...
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Can Debt Spark a Revolution?

September 17, 2012
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Can Debt Spark a Revolution?

David Graeber--anthropologist, anarchist, one of the originators of Occupy Wall Street, and son of Lincoln vet Kenneth Graeber--writes in this week's issue of The Nation:

The idea of the “99 percent” managed to do something that no one has done in the United States since the Great Depression: revive the concept of social...
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Democracy Now! covers OWS anniversary

September 17, 2012
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Democracy Now! covers OWS anniversary

Check in with Democracy Now! for the latest coverage of the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street:

Occupy Wall Street protesters are converging in the Financial District in Manhattan to mark the first anniversary of the movement's beginning. Similar protests are taking place in dozens of cities today. On Sept. 17, 2011,...
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Accepting nominations for the 2013 ALBA/Puffin Award

September 17, 2012
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Accepting nominations for the 2013 ALBA/Puffin Award

ALBA is now accepting nominations for the 2013 ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism. About the Award The ALBA-Puffin International Award for Human Rights Activism is granted on an annual basis to individuals or organizations whose work has had an exceptionally positive impact on the advancement and/or defense of human rights. The Award was established in 2011 to...
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