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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Making Memory Visible: Anti-Fascism, UC Berkeley, and The Spanish Civil War Saturday, November 7 | 1PM PT Brower Center | Berkeley, CA Join us & celebrate the legacy of the ALB. Tickets are free & registration is required. View full program and get tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/making-mem...

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yesterday, we celebrated the opening of the Puffin Foundation Center for NYC Activism. Thank you to The Puffin Foundation, including Neal Rosenstein, President of The Puffin Foundation, and Ilene Richman, Director of Grant Operations, for including ALBA!

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It was an honor to join our community yesterday to celebrate the Co-Naming of our street corner to Little Spain - La Nacional Way! Among speakers such as State Senator Erik Bottcher & Council Member Carl Wilson was co-editor of The Volunteer magazine, Jim Fernandez.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

On September 23, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosted Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at Gracie Mansion. Quoting Federico García Lorca, he connected the struggle against fascism in Spain to the ongoing responsibility to defend democracy, equality, and justice today.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sam Gonshak was born #otd on the Lower East Side of New York City 1911. Sam arrived in Spain on March 15, 1937, serving with the Lincoln Battalion when it captured Belchite. He was wounded & later became the political commissar of the 15th Brigade transports. He returned to the US on Dec. 20, 1938.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today marks two years since the passing of ALBA Board Chair Emeritus Peter N. Carroll. His contributions to ALBA were incalculable, and today we remember the lasting legacy he has left behind. In his honor, we are sharing this video of Peter reading a poem from his last work, Sketches from Spain.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Wednesday, September 16 | 7:30 PM ET / 4:30 PM PT ALBA Roundtable Event Teaching Antifascist History in K-12 Today: Challenges and Opportunities Explore the challenges and opportunities around teaching anti-fascist history for K-12 teachers. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/teaching-a...

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Teaching Antifascist History in K-12 Today

ALBA Roundtable: Teaching Anti-Fascist History

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The ALBA/Puffin Human Rights Award is an annual prize of $100,000 presented by the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives and the Puffin Foundation. The deadline to apply is November 30, 2026. Apply here: forms.gle/YhCc7EQwyX8r...

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Between the Wars explores the turbulent political, social, and diplomatic crises that occurred globally between the end of World War I in 1918 and the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. This clip from the series features Professor George Kennan from the Institute of Advanced Studies.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Steve Tsermegas was born #otd in Ikaria, 1903. He served in the Greek Army and worked as a cook until he arrived in the US in 1921. He traveled from Egypt and France before the US. He was a member of the FWIU and the CPUSA before he arrived in Spain in January 1937.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Orrin Erland Feldt was born on August 23, 1910 in Detroit to socialist Finnish immigrants. Trained as a metal finisher, he organized the Detroit Unemployed Council and was at the 1932 Ford hunger march. He joined the CPUSA and UAW before he took part in the 1936-37 Flint sit-down strike.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

William Lindsay Gresham was born #otd in Baltimore, 1909. Raised in NYC, and a writer, worked many jobs and joined the CPUSA in 1935. He arrived in Spain on October 9, 1937 and served with ALB until he returned to the US on February 4, 1939. He published Nightmare Alley in 1946.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

May Levine was born #otd in NYC, 1914. She attended an IWO sponsored Jewish school and graduated from Lebanon Hospital nursing school in 1935. She joined the CPUSA before she arrived in Spain on May 29, 1937. She served as nurse until she returned to the US on September 26, 1938.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Was Hemingway a committed witness and activist, or an outsider who never fully understood Spain? We thought to re-highlight Dale T. Graden’s insights on Hemingway’s reporting, anti-fascist work, and Spanish Civil War legacy, published in The Volunteer: albavolunteer.org/2016/06/the-...

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Bennet Jeffries Doty was born #otd in Faunsdale, 1900. He is a descendant of Edward Doty from the Mayflower. He joined the Tennessee National Guard at 16 and was sent to France by March 1918. He saw combat at St. Miguel and Meuse-Argonne but returned by March 1919.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Your gift to ALBA’ continues the work the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade believed in: preserving history, educating future generations & connecting the legacy of the Spanish Civil War to the struggles we face today. Help carry this anti-fascist history forward: alba-valb.org/shop-donate/

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Robert Caughlin Colver was born #otd in NYC, 1912. He graduated CCNY & attended Georgetown Law for a year. He served 6 months in the National Guard Coastal Artillery. He also worked as a clerk, fingerprint analyst & organizer for the CPUSA. He arrived in Spain on June 15, 1937.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Aaron Harris was born #otd in Centerville, NY, 1905. He joined the CPUSA in 1934 and sailed for Spain on December 26, 1936. He served with ALB until he was WIA at Jarama and lost an eye. He returned to the US on August 20, 1937 and married Helen Frishman on August 18, 1941.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Edgar Gurevitz was born #otd in Chicago, 1915. He graduated from Harrison Technical High School in 1932 and joined the CPUSA in 1935. He worked as a clerk before he sailed for Spain on December 18, 1937. He served with ALB until he was KIA on April 1, 1938 at Gandesa.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Esther Miriam Silverstein was born #otd in Torrington, WY, 1913. She graduated from UCSF in 1934 and worked as a nurse at the San Francisco Marine Hospital. Inspired by her patients who followed the early battles, she arrived in Spain on May 19, 1937 to serve with the AMB.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

William Aalto was born #otd in NYC, 1916. He joined the YCL in 1935 and worked as a driver. He arrived in Spain on February 10, 1937 and was selected for Soviet guerrilla warfare training. Fighting behind enemy lines at most major battles, he helped liberate 300 POWs at Carchuna.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Leo Eloesser was born #otd in San Francisco, 1881. He studied music at UC Berkeley before he studied medicine in Germany. He returned to the US in 1909 and became an important thoracic surgeon based at Stanford. He was a physician to labor leader Thomas Mooney and Frida Kahlo.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

ALB volunteer Boris Zaslovsky was born #OtD in Chicago, 1911. He worked as a printer, was a member of the CP and AFL, served in the ALB in the Service Sanitaire in Hospital Casa Roja, and returned to the US in October 1938 aboard the Ile de France.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

“My grandfather and his comrades left everything behind to fight fascism in Spain. What are we willing to do now?” - Shantha Susman, ALBA Board Member & Granddaughter of ALB veteran & ALBA co-founder Bill Susman. Give to ALBA’s summer appeal today: alba-valb.org/shop-donate/

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Joseph Lafayette Young was born #otd in Bellefonte, PA, 1914. He left to become a sailor and joined the YCL by 1933. He sailed for Spain on February 20, 1937 and served with ALB until he was captured at Gandesa on April 2, 1938. Joseph returned to the US on September 5, 1939

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Samuel Lissitz was born #otd in Chicago, 1910. He arrived in Spain on April 24, 1937 and returned to the US on December 20, 1938. He also went by the name Bob Cole and later served in the US Army during WWII. He worked as a healthcare administrator in the Pacific and Midwest.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Henry George was born #otd in Huntsville, 1906. A member of the CPUSA and WAA, he was a sign painter in Philadelphia when he arrived in Spain on July 5, 1937. He served with ALB as a clerk and cook from Quinto to Ebro. He returned to the US on December 15, 1938.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Salaria Kea was born #otd in Milledgeville, 1913. Raised in Akron, she faced racial discrimination. She sailed for Spain on March 27, 1937, serving as the only African American nurse. She was WIA at the Villa Paz Hospital, returning to the US on May 16, 1938. albavolunteer.org/2022/02/sala...

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

William Baker Kwanaekoa was born #otd in Honolulu, 1909. He served in the Coast Guard before he worked as a deep sea diver, sailor, and Teamsters truck driver. He arrived in Spain on August 19, 1937 and was WIA in the jaw at Brunete. He returned to the US on December 20, 1938.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Tomorrow, join us for a discussion of the film Spain Again. Attendance is free, but registration is required. Spain Again Thursday, July 9 at 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT With Discussion Leader Randal Scamardo Moderated by ALBA Board Member Sebastiaan Faber Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/alba-film-...

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

In Spain, efforts to transform the Valley of Cuelgamuros, the former Francoist monument once known as the Valley of the Fallen, are facing resistance. Machinery used in the site’s “resignification” project was tagged with pro-Franco messages. Read more: www.democrata.es/en/politics/...

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Vandalism against machinery in the Cuelgamuros Valley

Vandalize with Francoist graffiti the drilling machinery in the Valley of Cuelgamuros. The Government maintains the re-signification and a complaint will be filed.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Elijah Joseph Taylor Jr. was born #otd in Griffin, GA, 1907. He joined the YCL in 1934 and worked as a machinist. He arrived in Spain on June 20, 1937 and served with ALB. He was WIA twice and returned to the US on December 20, 1938. He later served in the US Army during WWII.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Spain Again | España otra vez Thursday, July 9 at 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT With Discussion Leader Randal Scamardo Moderated by ALBA Board Member Sebastiaan Faber Join us next week! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/alba-film-... Attendance is free, but registration is required and space is limited.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

To commemorate Pride Month, we remember the Volunteers whose stories are part of both anti-fascist and LGBTQ+ history. Please consider keeping their memories alive by donating to ALBA: alba-valb.org/donate

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Sidney Bassin was born #otd in NYC, 1910. He worked as a traveling salesman and joined the CPUSA in April 1937. He arrived in Spain by June 22, 1937 and served with ALB as a driver until he returned to the US on December 20, 1938.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In honor of Pride Month, ALBA is remembering LGBTQ+ members of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade whose stories are part of both anti-fascist and LGBTQ+ history. Please consider donating to ALBA to ensure we are able to share their stories for years to come: alba-valb.org/donate/

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

This Juneteenth, we remember Oliver Law, the first African American to lead an integrated military force in United States history. #Juneteenth #AbrahamLincolnBrigade #OliverLaw #SpanishCivilWar #History #InternationalBrigades

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Spain Again Thursday, July 9 at 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT With Discussion Leader Randal Scamardo Moderated by ALBA Board Member Sebastiaan Faber Join us for a discussion of the film Spain Again, produced in collaboration with Alvah Bessie, an ALB vet. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/alba-film-...

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Screenings of American Agitators are coming to Columbus, Seattle, San Luis Obispo, and Long Beach in July. Executive-co produced by Margo Feinberg, daughter of AMB nurse Helen Freeman, the film explores a legacy of organizing that continues today. View screenings here: www.americanagitators.com

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Abraham Albert Koslow was born #otd in Brooklyn, 1909. He was an organizer with the Unemployed Councils in Brooklyn before he arrived in Spain on February 20, 1937. He was WIA on April 18, 1937 and returned to the US by September 12, 1937. He later served in the US Army in WWII.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Basilio Curtis Obret was born #otd in Marianao, Havana, 1898. He relocated to US in 1920, playing baseball in the Negro National League. A member of the Cuban Workers Club & CPUSA, he arrived in Spain on February 4, 1937. He passed away on May 8, 1959 in Cuba, after the successful Cuban revolution.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Las cajas de Ámsterdam: Kati Horna y Margaret Michaelis en la Guerra Civil Join author Almudena Rubio of the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, Sebastiaan Faber of Oberlin College, Jordana Mendelson of NYU and Jo Labanyi of NYU. More info: traficantes.net/actividad/la...

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Lazar Leo Gordon was born #otd in NYC, 1909. He worked as a teacher and joined the CPUSA in 1933. He arrived in Spain on April 15, 1937 and served with ALB as a commissar. He returned to the US on February 4, 1939. He continued to work as a teacher until his unexpected passing on December 11, 1969.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Rose Freed (left, next to Langston Hughes) was born #otd in NYC, 1911. She worked as a lab tech and microbiologist before she sailed for Spain on January 16, 1937. She joined the PCE in May 1937 and served with the AMB until she returned to the US on August 27, 1938.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Toby Jensky was born #otd in NYC, 1911. A nurse at Beth Israel, she sailed for Spain on April 14, 1937. She served with the AMB until she returned to the US on May 9, 1938. She continued to work as a nurse at Beth Israel until she retired, asissting Fredericka Martin with research until the 1980s.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Michael Antonio Papadopullo was born #otd in Watertown, 1913. He went by Nick Pappas when he arrived in Spain on February 19, 1937. Nick served with ALB as an officer in a machine gun company and as an instructor. He returned to the US on September 26, 1938.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Federico García Lorca was born #otd on June 5, 1898 in Fuente Vaqueros. A poet-playwright and a supporter of Spain's Second Republic, he was murdered on August 18, 1936, by the Nationalist forces. Re-Watch ALBA Pride Month Book Talk: Lorca After Life: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-bj...

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Fred Paul Keller was born #otd in NYC, 1913. He attended Columbia for two years while he worked as a driver and mechanic. He was a member of the ALP before he sailed for Spain a day after he turned 24. He served with ALB as a commissar and joined the PCE. He was WIA at Ebro.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Fredericka Imogen Martin was born #otd in Cooperstown, NY (1905). A nurse at Crotona Park Hospital, she left for Spain on Jan. 16, 1937, serving as Chief Nurse with the first AMB group. She returned to the U.S. on Jan. 26, 1938, ultimately settling in Mexico where she lived until her death in 1993.

Black-and-white group photograph of uniformed nurses and Volunteers posed indoors. Several people stand in the back row while four nurses sit on the floor in the front. One woman standing in the center of the group is circled in red.

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ALBA @lincolnbrigade.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Te estoy amando locamente Love & Revolution Friday, June 12 at 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT With Discussion Leader Carmen Hernández-Ojeda Moderated by ALBA Board Member Sebastiaan Faber Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/alba-film-...

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