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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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ALBA’s Busy Spring: Triangle Fire, Theater Preview, Immigrant Workshop, and George & Ruth Watt

May 24, 2024
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ALBA’s Busy Spring: Triangle Fire, Theater Preview, Immigrant Workshop, and George & Ruth Watt

“At the Barricades” Previewed at NYU On April 5, the theater company What Will the Neighbors Say? presented a selection of scenes from their current project, At the Barricades, as part of the Fridays on the Patio series at NYU’s King Juan Carlos Center. The preview of the play, which explores stories of volunteers during the...
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18by Vote Receives ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism

May 24, 2024
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18by Vote Receives ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism

In a stirring ceremony on May 4th, the youth organization 18by Vote, represented by its President, Ava Mateo, received the 2024 ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism. The gathering, which took place in the historic building of the Spanish Benevolent Society on New York’s West 14th St that houses the ALBA office, also featured...
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The Volunteer in pdf (vol. 41, no. 1, March 2024)

February 25, 2024
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