Upcoming Events
| Oct. 15, 2022 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT | Event | Bay Area Annual Lincoln Brigade Virtual Celebration |
| Oct. 20, 2022 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT | Round Table | Spain, WW2, and the Holocaust |
| Nov. 2-3, 2022 | Conference | Antifascism in the 21st Century |
| Nov. 16, 2022 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT | Interview | Conversation with Carole Naggar |
| Dec. 4, 2022 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT | Interview & Discussion | Susman Lecture with Nora Guthrie |
Recent Events
| Sept. 18, 2022 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT | Information Session | Alvah Bessie Programme Information Session |
| Sept. 14, 2022 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT | Symposium | The Visionary Art of Ralph Fasanella |
| June 30, 2022 | Workshop | Poetry & the Spanish Civil War |
| June 8, 2022 | Film Screening | Bones of Contention (view again) |
| April 30, 2022 | Event | Online Gala and Award Ceremony (view again) |
| April 9, 2022 | Event | The Spanish Civil War Letters of George and Ruth Watt (view again) |
| March 24, 2022 | Workshop | Women & the Spanish Civil War |
| February 22, 2022 | Workshop | The Civil War & Spanish Immigrants |
| December 16, 2021 | Workshop | Posters of the Spanish Civil War |
| November 18, 2021 | Workshop | Hemingway, the Spanish Civil War, and the Lincoln Brigade |
| October 28, 2021 | Interview | Conversation with Giles Tremlett (view again) |
| September 26, 2021 | Event | Bay Area Annual Lincoln Brigade Virtual Celebration: Legacy of Hope and Activism (view again) |
| August 22, 2021 | Event | ALBA Picnic at the Monument |
| July 25, 2021 | Film & discussion |
Salud y Shalom: American Jews in the Spanish Civil War (view again) |
| June 28, 2021 | Workshop | Registration Deadline for – America and World Fascism: From the Spanish Civil War to Nuremberg and Beyond |
| May 27, 2021 | Talk and Art Exhibition | Susman Lecture – Marc Fasanella American Tragedy (view again) |
| May 2, 2021 | Event | Online Gala and Award Ceremony (view again) |
| February 21, 2021 | Film & discussion | Invisible Heroes (view again) |
| February 8, 2021 | Film & discussion | Josep Bartolí’s imprint (YouTube Live) |
| January 24, 2021 | Workshop | “They Still Draw Pictures” workshop |
| January 22-March 1, 2021 | Professional Development | ALBA Teacher Institute |
| November 15, 2020 | Film & discussion | Into the Fire (view again) |
| September 12, 2020 | Event | San Francisco Monument Celebration (view again) |
| August 30, 2020 | Film & discussion | The Internationale (view again) |
Bay Area Online Gala
Join us for an Online Event organized by our Bay Area Community on FacebookLive and on YouTubeLive on Saturday, October 15th at 4 PM ET/ 1 PM PT
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The Online Streaming Event will feature musical performances, exciting speakers, and updates from the wider ALBA community.
Spain, WWII, and the Holocaust
Part of the Perry Rosenstein Cultural Series
Conducted via Zoom by experienced presenters, Gina Herrmann & Sara Brenneis
With support from Robert Coale and Joshua Goode
Join Us
Thursday, October 20th, 3 PM ET/ 12 PM PT
Tickets are limited. Register now to ensure your participation.
Attendance is free but registration is required
Roundtable Length: 60-90 minutes
The Perry Rosenstein Cultural Series
In honor of philanthropist and visionary Perry Rosenstein, whose Puffin Foundation has made so many ALBA programs possible, ALBA presents an interactive series of events, bringing together diverse progressive voices to enhance understanding and awareness of progressive traditions in America and beyond, and to put those traditions in the context of today’s troubling political and social climate
Information Session on the Alvah Bessie Program
Join us for an online interview, discussion, and Q & A. The Interview and Information Session on the Alvah Bessie Program will feature Jordi Martí Rueda and Eulàlia Mesalles of the General Directorate for Democratic Memory in conversation with ALBA Chair Sebastiaan Faber.
The Alvah Bessie Program is an undertaking of the Generalitat de Catalunya that will focus on exhuming and identifying the remains of International Brigade volunteers who died and were buried in Catalonia.
Please join us to learn more about this important program to recover history.
Register now to ensure your participation!
Attendance is free but registration is required!
Sunday, September 18th
1 PM ET/ 10 AM PST
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The Session Will Include:
Eulàlia Mesalles
Head of Research, General Directorate for Democratic Memory
Jordi Martí Rueda
Historian, General Directorate for Democratic Memory
Sebastiaan Faber
Chair, Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives
The Spanish Civil War Letters of George and Ruth Watt
The Spanish Civil War Letters of George and Ruth Watt is a love story – a war story – a personal public history – and a retelling in dramatic form of a crucial time in the ongoing struggle for justice and human dignity. If it’s true that “the political is always personal,” this story shows that the personal can also be political.
The online performance and discussion were held on Saturday, April 9th, at 1 PM EST/ 10 AM PST. The Interview and Q&A Session featured Dan Lynn Watt and Molly Lynn Watt, the authors of the play.
Download the Full Play Script here for Educational Use
Save the Date!
Saturday, April 30th at 4 PM EDT
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives
Invites you to
A Live Online Gala!
Honoring the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
&
Life After Hate
The event will include an award ceremony honoring our 2022 ALBA/Puffin Human rights award recipient Life After Hate.
The event will be broadcast live on ALBA’s Facebook page.
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Stay tuned for further details on the event lineup!
Interview and Q&A Session with historian and author Giles Tremlett
Giles Tremlett, long-time correspondent in Madrid, has published a major new book on the 35,000 volunteers from all over the world who flocked to Spain to help defend the Second Spanish Republic against fascism. ALBA Chair Sebastiaan Faber joins Tremlett in conversation about that book, The International Brigades: Fascism, Freedom & Spanish Civil War, its reception, and the Brigades’ place in history today.
Sunday, September 26 at 5 PM EDT / 2PM PDT
A Live Online Event!
A Legacy of Hope and Activism
The event lineup included
- Legendary folk singer Barbara Dane in conversation with former SF Mime Troupe Musical Director and Spanish Civil War bard Bruce Barthol talking about music as a force for activism.
- Robin D.G. Kelley on the Spanish Republic and the United Front and what they mean for today’s activists.
- June Gipson and Deja Abdul-Haqq of My Brothers Keeper on health care activism and community organizing
- Footage from our recent Gathering at the Monument to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade on the Embarcadero
Stay tuned for further details!
Salud y Shalom: American Jews in the Spanish Civil War
We were proud to co-present a discussion on American Jews in the Spanish Civil War with The Sousa Mendes Foundation on Sunday, July 25.
Susman Lecture 2021:
The Art of Ralph Fasanella
As part of our Susman Lecture Series were happy to host a talk on and exhibition of the art of Ralph Fasanella with Ralph’s son, Professor of Art and Architecture Dr. Marc Fasanella.
A Live Online Gala!
Honoring the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
&
My Brother’s Keeper
Broadcasted Live from ALBA’s Facebook Page
Sunday, May 2nd, 5 PM EDT/2 PM PDT
The event lineup included Billy Bragg, Guy Davis, Miriam Elhajli, A Selection from Goodbye Barcelona, and more!
Letters of Solidarity from Our Sister Organizations for 2021 Annual Gala
An ALBA Film Screening + Q & A Session:
Invisible Heroes: African Americans in the Spanish Civil War
Part of the Perry Rosenstein Cultural Series
Check Out our Online Conversation about Invisible Heroes: African Americans in the Spanish Civil War, a documentary about the African Americans who fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War. Broadcasted live on February 21st.
The Q &A panel included the film’s co-director Jordi Torrent, historian Robin D.G. Kelley, and former head of Tamiment Library Timothy V. Johnson. The panel was moderated by Lindsay Griffiths, graduate student at Princeton University
Into the Fire: American Women in the Spanish Civil War
Check Out our Online Conversation about Into the Fire: American Women in the Spanish Civil War, a documentary about the American Women who fought fascism in the Spanish Civil War. Broadcasted live on November 15th.
Check out our Women of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: An Archival Collection
ALBA Online San Francisco Monument Celebration:
Check Out Our ALBA Online San Francisco Monument Celebration. Broadcasted live on September 12th.
The event lineup included Isabel Allende, Bill Fletcher, Walter Hood, No More Deaths/No Más Muertes, and other special guests.
The Internationale
Check Out Our Online Film Screening and Conversation about The Internationale, an Award-Winning Documentary about the Revolutionary Anthem. Broadcasted Live on August 30th.
Forever Activists & You Are History, You Are Legend
Check Out Our Online Film Screening and Conversation Celebrating the Life and Work of the Legendary Documentary Maker, and ALBA’s Dear Friend, Judith Montell. Broadcasted Live on July 12th.
In Memoriam: Judith Montell
1930-2020
Director of Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and Honorary Board member of ALBA.
Check out our Live Online Gala!
Honoring the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
&
No More Deaths/No Mas Muertes