Abraham Lincoln Brigade

Paul Robeson’s role in Spain remembered

January 4, 2017 By Gabe Falsetta

The talk highlighted Robeson’s support for the Spanish Republic and the International Brigades - the volunteers who had come from around the world to fight for democracy and to resist fascism in Spain.

Celebrating Spanish Civil War veteran and lifelong activist Delmer Berg

May 27, 2016 By Marilyn Bechtel

The life of the last surviving member of the Lincoln Brigade was celebrated May 21 by friends and family.

Delmer Berg, last of the Lincoln Brigade vets, dies at 100

March 15, 2016 By Tim Wheeler

The Lincoln Brigade was 2,800 men and women, African-American, Latino and white, who volunteered to defend Spain's elected government from Franco and his fascists.

Remembering poet, Spanish Civil War vet Ramon Durem

November 3, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Although of mixed heritage, he identified as African American, and his poems impacted the Black Power movement as a cultural inspiration.

Spanish Civil War vet still struggling at 98

January 28, 2014 By Henry Millstein

Interview with Del Berg who served in the famed Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War and is a long-time activist in the labor and peace movements.