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Special Edition of Joe Dallet Letters for ALBA Donors

August 28, 2024
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Special Edition of Joe Dallet Letters for ALBA Donors

As a gift to those who donate $125 or more to ALBA, we offer a facsimile reproduction of the 1938 pamphlet Letters from Spain by Joe Dallet to his Wife. The pamphlet includes 30 letters from Joe to Katherine Puening-Dallet relaying his experiences in Spain and his hopes for a better world. After Joe’s...
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Iago Macknik-Conde Wins NHD Competition

August 28, 2024
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Iago Macknik-Conde Wins NHD Competition

Brooklyn high school student Iago Macknik-Conde, who last year was named a History Day finalist with a project on the Lincoln Brigade, won the most recent National History Day competition with his research on the contribution of the Spaniard Bernardo de Gálvez to the United States’ independence movement. Profiled in the national Spanish newspaper...
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News from Spain: Citizenship for IB Descendants; the Jarama March; Spanish Citizenship

August 28, 2024
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News from Spain: Citizenship for IB Descendants; the Jarama March; Spanish Citizenship

Catalonia’s Alvah Bessie Program Reports Progress An article in The Guardian on May 29 reported that the Alvah Bessie Program, through which the government of Catalonia seeks to locate, exhume, identify, and repatriate the remains of International Brigade Volunteers who died during the Spanish Civil War, has been making strides. By now, the program...
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ALBA Celebrates Pride Month and Inaugurates New Monthly Spanish Civil War Film Series

August 28, 2024
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ALBA Celebrates Pride Month and Inaugurates New Monthly Spanish Civil War Film Series

ALBA’s Monthly Film Discussion Series Kicks Off On July 16, ALBA hosted the first session of its new online film discussion series, sponsored by the Peter N. Carroll Anti-Fascist Education Fund, and geared toward both teachers and the general public. The series features in-depth discussions on important Spanish-Civil-War-themed films. Each session is led by...
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¡No Pasarán! The Popular Front Strikes Back

August 28, 2024
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<em>¡No Pasarán!</em> The Popular Front Strikes Back

This issue's cover (see the print edition here) celebrates the worldwide antifascist movement. In a year where countries across the globe—including the United States—are facing a surge of far-right parties, France saw a revival of the Popular Front, a broad antifascist coalition that managed to hold the Rassemblement National at bay.
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Virtual Spanish Civil War Museum Expands

May 24, 2024
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Virtual Spanish Civil War Museum Expands

The Virtual Museum of the Spanish Civil War—www.vscw.ca—has opened new galleries that more than double the number of objects on display. It has also added a French version to the existing Spanish and English ones. The new galleries include: The Civil War in Catalonia, https://www.vscw.ca/index.php/en/node/438, with a version in Catalan. The Civil War in...
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FFALB Book Club Tackles Picasso: You Are Invited!

May 24, 2024
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FFALB Book Club Tackles Picasso: You Are Invited!

The Spanish Civil War has inspired a rich trove of novels, memoirs, histories, and poetry, with new books coming out all the time. Each month, the FFALB book club gets together online to discuss one of these works, sharing our thoughts about its relevance, new insights, literary merits, and more. Anyone interested is invited...
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France Pays Tribute to Foreigners in the Resistance

May 24, 2024
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France Pays Tribute to Foreigners in the Resistance

This year marks the 80th anniversary of many World War II milestones in France, from the D-Day landings in June, 1944, and those of Province in August to the Liberation of Paris. In fact, some activities are already in full swing. For example, on February 2, the Shoah Memorial of Paris opened the exhibition...
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ALBA Board Elects New Officers and Welcomes New Board Member

May 24, 2024
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ALBA Board Elects New Officers and Welcomes New Board Member

At its annual meeting in New York City, the ALBA Board of Governors elected longtime board member Aaron Retish as its new Chair. The author of several books on revolutionary Russia, Aaron is a professor of Russian history at Wayne State, where he also oversees the Abraham Lincoln Scholarship program. For ALBA, he has...
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Upcoming Events: Communists in Closets and a New Series of Online Film Workshops

May 24, 2024
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Upcoming Events: Communists in Closets and a New Series of Online Film Workshops

ALBA Celebrates Pride Month On Tuesday, June 25 at 3 pm ET/12 noon PT, ALBA will once again commemorate LGBTQ Pride month with an online event entitled “Telling Our Stories,” featuring Shannon O’Neill and Bettina Aptheker. O’Neill, Curator for the Tamiment-Wagner Collections at NYU Special Collections and ex-officio ALBA board member, will re-acquaint us with...
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