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AND ARAGON IS ON FIRE by Dr. Mirko Markovich

November 3, 2023
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AND ARAGON IS ON FIRE by Dr. Mirko Markovich

The “Spanija” series translates selected autobiographical accounts by Yugoslavian and Montenegrin volunteers of their actions in the Spanish Civil War. Dr. Ray Hoff used Google translate from Croatian to English and he edited the selections.  As this is a machine translation, the idiomatic features of Croatian or Serbian and the translation of names and places...
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Palestinian Volunteers: An Exchange

May 18, 2023
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Palestinian Volunteers: An Exchange

To the Editors: I’ve just read Nevine Abraham’s article about the Palestinian volunteer Ali Abd el-Khaleq in your last number (“Liberating Palestine in Spain”). I’m very happy you touched this topic and raised a bit of light into this little-know participation. Thanks. But I’m sorry to say there are some important mistakes in the...
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The History and Mystery of a Photograph

May 18, 2023
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The History and Mystery of a Photograph

This photograph of Lincoln brigaders Bill Aalto, Alex Kunslich and Irv Goff, with a Spanish comrade, depicts something rare, possibly unique. But unfortunately, all physical copies of it are lost—or, at least, their whereabouts are unknown.
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The Amazing Tale of Otília Castellví, a Seamstress from Barcelona

May 18, 2023
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The Amazing Tale of Otília Castellví, a Seamstress from Barcelona

The day after Franco’s troops entered Barcelona, Otília Castellví, a young seamstress, woke up to a city she could barely recognize.
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ALBA/Puffin Award for Indigenous Women’s Group Defending Reproductive Rights

February 17, 2023
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ALBA/Puffin Award for Indigenous Women’s Group Defending Reproductive Rights

Fifty years after Roe v. Wade, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) is pleased to announce that the 2023 ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism will go to Indigenous Women Rising (IWR), which is committed to honoring Native and Indigenous People’s inherent right to equitable and culturally safe health options through accessible health education,...
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Growing Up Scared: A Memoir

November 19, 2022
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Growing Up Scared: A Memoir

What was it like to grow up as the daughter of a Lincoln vet in Cold-War America?
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Sister Andrea Sender (1936-2022)

August 18, 2022
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Sister Andrea Sender (1936-2022)

Sister Benedicta (aka Andrea Sender), daughter of the celebrated Spanish novelist Ramón J. Sender, who lived in exile in the United States from Franco’s fascist regime, died on June 11. Her parents—Ramón, the prize-winning novelist, and his wife, Amparo Barayón—were strong opponents of the uprising in 1936. At the outbreak of the war, her...
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Join ALBA’s Book Club!

August 18, 2022
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Join ALBA’s Book Club!

“Books join us together as a global reading community, but more important, a global human community striving to learn from the past.” In the spirit of these words by New York Times bestselling author Ruta Sepetys, I invite you to join us as we examine fiction and nonfiction about Spain and its historical legacy...
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Yes, Women Did Serve in the People’s Army of the Spanish Republic: Esther Gutiérrez Escoda Sets the Record Straight

August 18, 2022
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Yes, Women Did Serve in the People’s Army of the Spanish Republic: Esther Gutiérrez Escoda Sets the Record Straight

For more than 80 years, historians have ignored the important role played by thousands of women soldiers in the People’s Army of the Spanish Republic. A new dissertation takes a crucial first step to correct the record.
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Peter N. Carroll: “I’m an Anarchist.”

May 20, 2022
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Peter N. Carroll: “I’m an Anarchist.”

Peter N. Carroll—renowned historian, poet, and (co-)editor of this magazine for more than twenty years—has been involved with ALBA for four decades. Time for a tribute.
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