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September 2010 “…And That Government of the People, by the People, and for the People, Shall Not Perish from the Earth.” ABRAHAM LINCOLN Vol. XXVII, No. 2 September 2010 “…and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” ABRAHAM LINCOLN FOUNDED BY THE VETERANS OF THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN BRIGADE Veteran Aaron Harris, on right, in Catalunya, Barcelona, Jerry Cook in uniform in service in Belgium, 1945, where 1937. Photo provided by his family. he served after his return from Spain. Photo supplied by his daughter, Catherine Cook. Lincoln Brigade volunteers’ photographs and biographies now online! After many years of research and collection of materials, the volunteers’ database is online. The above photographs were submitted by families of volunteers. Please consider submitting materials to this new resource. See “Recovering Voices of Unsung Heroes,” page 5. ALBA & Puffin Announce Human Rights Award The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives and the Puffin Online Volunteer Foundation are thrilled to announce a major new initiative: Starting with this issue, The Volunteer is going online! the Puffin/ALBA Human Rights Project (HRP), established Here’s our new address: to honor the international brigades and all those who www.albavolunteer.org fought against fascism during the Spanish Civil War by In addition to the full text of the March 2010 print issue, connecting that legacy with international activist causes the online edition carries materials such as photos, today, in particular the defense of human rights. videos, longer pieces, and a new blog. The project consists of two primary components: an We are planning only 3 printed issues this year, for annual Puffin/ALBA Award for Human Rights Activism Spring, Fall, and Winter. The Summer issue will appear in the amount of $100,000, and an informal international ONLY online. network of allied organizations working in the area of human rights, historical memory, and the legacy of the To be sure you don’t miss ALL the news, International Brigades. send YOUR email address to In the years after the Spanish Civil War, many of [email protected] the vets committed their lives to assisting political We’ll keep you posted. prisoners around the world—particularly in Spain and If you have not been receiving the ALBA email Latin America—aiding political refugees, advocating for newsletter, please email us at social justice, actively defending imperiled democratic [email protected] and ask to subscribe. institutions, or mobilizing the arts for worthy activist causes. Recent developments in Spain and Latin America, meanwhile, have focused world attention on the human rights issues associated with the legacies of dictatorships: the need for working through the violent past, recovering historical memory and honoring the rights of victims of repression. The olunteer The annual Puffin/ALBA Human Rights Activism V founded by the Award, which is intended to continue for a minimum Veterans of the of 10 years, aims to support this work and to keep it in Abraham Lincoln Brigade the public eye. The Human Rights Network will serve an ALBA publication to provide mutual support, collaboration, and exchange 799 Broadway, Suite 341 of information among its member organizations; to New York, NY 10003 collaborate on events and programs; and to help contribute (212) 674-5398 appropriate nominations for the Award. The HRP website will be launched later this fall. Editorial Board Peter N. Carroll • Gina Herrmann Founded in 1983, the Puffin Foundation Ltd is a non- Fraser Ottanelli profit foundation that receives thousands of requests from all parts of the United States each year from aspiring Art Director-Graphic Designer Richard Bermack artists, photographers, dancers, musicians and playwrights seeking financial support for the creation of new work. Editorial Assistance Puffin’s support helps confirm that cultural works that may Nancy Van Zwalenburg often be excluded from mainstream opportunities due to Submission of Manuscripts their creators’ race, gender, or social philosophy will have Please send manuscripts by E-mail or on disk. an opportunity to be viewed. Puffin is also a long-standing E-mail: [email protected] supporter of ALBA’s educational mission. Bay Area Reunion Honors Spanish Judge: Champion of Human Rights refugee and executive director of the about the Spanish Civil War. This Earl Warren Institute on Race, year’s menu included The Good Fight Ethnicity & Diversity at the and 20 minutes of raw footage, newly University of California, Berkeley, attributed to Henri Cartier-Bresson, described the legal background of the titled With the Abraham Lincoln Brigade current debate about memory and in Spain. human rights in Spain. The issue, she explained, Judge Baltasar Garzón. Photo by has roots in Richard Bermack. Garzón’s earlier investigations of he 74th annual Bay Area human rights reunion of the Abraham Lincoln violations in TBrigade, held in Berkeley, Latin America. California, on May 30, paid tribute Some 300 to the legal work of Judge Baltasar guests Garzón in challenging decades of answered her silence about mass murders conducted remarks about during the Spanish Civil War and the Judge Garzón subsequent dictatorship of General with thunderous Francisco Franco. The program, part applause (see page 8). of ALBA’s focus on issues of his- A special musical pro- torical memory and human rights, gram, scripted by Bruce focused attention on the continuing Barthol, featured singer struggle for justice in Spain today. Barbara Dane and sparkling Nate Thornton, the single veteran musicians Randy Craig, to attend the event, greeted the cheer- Barrett Nelson, and Greg ing audience with an appeal to stay Platt, as well as Barthol and in the struggle for freedom and social the famed harmonica player justice. Will Scarlett. A background Peter Carroll read the roster of slide show by Richard veterans who had died during the past Bermack highlighted the year, two of whom—Mark Billings changing lyrical mood. At and Hilda Roberts—had lived in the end, all that was left northern California. The others were were steaming applause and Carl Geiser of Oregon, Clarence Kailin cheers. of Wisconsin, and Saul Shapiro of Eight weeks later, ALBA Nate Thornton, one of the few remaining vets, Mexico City. joined the Bay Area Laborfest addressed the audience at the event. Photo by Guest speaker Maria Blanco, with the fifth annual screen- Richard Bermack. daughter of a Spanish Civil War ing of documentary films September 2010 THE VOLUNTEER 3 IBs Meet for Future By Robert S. Coale event, supported a Paris-Berlin axis to Nevertheless, after an afternoon of or three years, the French and the organization, whereas many other debates, a plenary meeting of German International Brigade IB groups with closer geographical A.C.E.R. and a day of visits in Paris, FAssociations, respectively and emotional ties to Spain advocated the weekend was declared a great A.C.E.R. and K.S.F.R., have pushed a Spanish presidency and an office for success. The French and German for the creation of an international any future international brigade coor- positions carried the day. The umbrella committee whose role dinating committee. In essence, this is Coordination Internationale will have would be to link the many national IB exactly what the Asociación de Amigos a revolving presidency, no permanent associations. The most recent meet- de las Brigadas Internacionales has headquarters, and will manage with ing for the future “Coordination strived unsuccessfuly to accomplish the present budgets of its standing Internationale” took place in Paris last ever since the 1996 Homenaje. members. May. Delegations, principally from Europe, met for a weekend of debates. The ambitious program that was discussed is the envy of any IB orga- nization: an internet network of IB Baseball in España sites; a program of meetings for the By Maynard Goldstein 2011 75th anniversary of the IB; a cal- endar of upcoming commemorations; ar is not all shot and shell and go to hell. a so-called “observation committee” Infrequently, it’s play. It was on this occasion, when to warn of renewed fascist activites in Wthe Lincoln and Washington Brigades got together Europe; an international catalogue of after Brunete for R and R—and a baseball game. archives, photos, films and books on I was the unofficial athletic director of the ALB, the proud guard- the IB; a future international confer- ian of all the bats and balls and gloves that our friends had shipped ence on IB history; the creation of a over from America and the comrade who discovered an ideal baseball “pedogogical brochure” on the IB; a field not far from our rest camp—smooth, hard, big enough to chal- selection of books for translations; lenge the sluggers and just waiting for somebody to sing: “Take me out and, finally, an inventory of IB graves to the ball game.” in Spain. We dug in the bases, raked out the foul lines and had a memorable For me as a historian, attending game on that wheat field in Spain. The final score, for history’s sake, these 21st-century debates turned into was Lincoln 2 and Washington 1. a golden opportunity for a glimpse On my return to quarters, I was summoned to Steve Nelson’s tent, into what it must have been like in where we were joined by three unhappy peasants. “Looks like you’re Albacete, just prior to the epic battle in a lot of trouble, Maynard,” said Steve. of Madrid, in the early days of the IB. Me? Trouble? What’s up? I played it cool. Many were the opinions, languages Steve pointed to the three men. “They claim that you took over and viewpoints. Despite the cacoph- their 100-year-old threshing grounds and converted it into a baseball ony of voices, the amateur interpreters field. They demand justice and demand your blood.” and the limited linguistic abilities of Indignantly, I questioned how my blood could possibly repair their the international delegations, it soon field.
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