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Yet another removal of a statue of the dictator, this time from the city of Valencia. More here.
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Yet another removal of a statue of the dictator, this time from the city of Valencia. More here.
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Just in from the AP:
MADRID — The Spanish judge who indicted Augusto Pinochet and Osama bin Laden has been charged with abuse of power in an investigation of Spanish civil war atrocities. Spanish Supreme Court investigating magistrate Luciano Varela has charged Baltasar Garzon with knowingly acting without jurisdiction by launching...
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The Center for European Studies at the University of Michigan has streaming audio and video of five hour-long lectures on Spain's coming to terms with its violent past, including one by ALBA board member Jo Labanyi.
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Six selections of compelling images from the 1930s at Magnum.
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An informative piece from In These Times on the political dimensions of the rivalry between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid:
For more than 100 years, Barca has conducted itself as a “defender of freedom and democratic rights,” On April 11, Barca will face its fiercest rival, Real Madrid....
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An interesting essay on possible parallels between Republican Spain and Thailand today, in the Asia Times:
Some foreign observations, reporting and analyses suggest the conflicts in Thai politics that are now being voiced on the streets of Bangkok are of the kind that brought many foreigners to the war against...
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Speculation about Michael Mann's Robert Capa film from a Hollywood blog:
Has Eva Green joined Michael Mann's romance tale of renowned war photographerRobert Capa set during the Spanish Civil War? The actress' reported casting in the adaptation of Susana Fortes' "Waiting For Robert Capa" comes courtesy of a throwaway line
Vivir de pie: Las guerras de Cipriano Mera (Living on your Feet: The Struggles of Cipriano Mera) is part of the official selection at the Tallahassee Film Festival next week:
The film focuses on the odyssey of Cipriano Mera, a bricklayer who commanded the 4th army corps during the Spanish...
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Sunday, April 18, at 1:00 pm. Nathan Thornton, a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade fighting Franco in the Spanish Civil War and lifelong activist, recollects the resistance against fascism and lessons for today. With documentary film footage and additional commentary by Corine Thornton. A spring lunch with vegetarian option for $8.00 served at 12:15 pm. New...
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War is Beautiful, the compelling Civil-War memoir by James Neugass, Edward Barsky's driver, is being published in Spain this month. A review in El País:
Un vibrante libro de memorias, que mereció los elogios de Antonio Muñoz Molina: "Nunca es condescendiente, nunca es narcisista y, a diferencia de otros testigos, no...
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