Author Archive for Sebastiaan Faber

Lincoln Brigade images of May Day 1946 (still and moving)

May 23, 2011
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Lincoln Brigade images of May Day 1946 (still and moving)

In the slide show we prepared for the Pete Seeger benefit concert last October, we incorporated a photograph of Lincoln vets marching in the 1946 New York May Day Parade. As it turns out, there is also moving footage of this parade. See the clip here; the Lincolns make there appearance around the...
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Cox speech online

May 18, 2011
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Cox speech online

Now available for online viewing: the speech that Larry Cox, Executive Director of Amnesty International, USA, gave on Saturday May 14 in New York City on the occasion of the first ALBA/Puffin Human Rights Award for Judge Baltasar Garzón:
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Ratner speech available

May 18, 2011
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Ratner speech available

Now available for online viewing: the speech that Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, gave on Saturday May 14 in New York City on the occasion of the first ALBA/Puffin Human Rights Award for Judge Baltasar Garzón:
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Eight Argentina army officers get life

May 17, 2011
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In an important victory for transitional justice after 36 years, a court in northern Argentina has sentenced eight ex-army officers to life in jail for killing unarmed activists in the town of Margarita Belén during the military dictatorship, the BBC reports:

Twenty-two people, mostly members of the Montoneros rebel group, were tortured and killed...
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Turley Garzón interview video available

May 17, 2011
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Turley Garzón interview video available

Before Judge Baltasar Garzón received the first ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism this past Saturday May 14 in New York, he was interviewed by Professor Jonathan Turley of George Washington University Law School. The whole interview (appr. 1h15m) was filmed by David Schwittek and can now be viewed here:
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Photos from the 2011 celebration

May 16, 2011
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Photos from the 2011 celebration

Len and Nancy Tsou send their slideshow of the ALBA's 2011 New York City celebration and the ceremony for the first ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism. Click here to see the images.
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Turley on his interview with Garzón

May 15, 2011
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Turley on his interview with Garzón

Earlier today, Prof. Jonathan Turley of George Washington University Law School summarized the main points of his two-hour conversation with ALBA/Puffin awardee Baltasar Garzón:

Garzón stated that the Obama Administration’s use of the “just following orders” defense as well as the protection of lawyers involved in the torture program violated the Nuremberg...
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Spanish media cover ALBA/Puffin Award

May 15, 2011
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All the major Spanish papers covered the news of Judge Baltasar Garzón's acceptance of the ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism yesterday in New York City, as well as his conversation with Professor Jonathan Turley: El País, ABC, El Mundo, Público, as well as El Diario in New York.
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US intelligence files on Argentina dictatorship remain secret

May 14, 2011
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"An effort to declassify American intelligence files on Argentina’s dictatorship failed in Congress on Friday in Washington, disappointing rights activists in Argentina who believe the secret documents could help them identify young people stolen as babies by the military junta," the Associate Press reports:

The amendment by Representative Maurice D. Hinchey, Democrat...
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Garzón on CNN in Spanish

May 12, 2011
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The Spanish-language channel of CNN interviewed Judge Garzón this afternoon. View the video here:
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