Spanish Civil War
Langston Hughes: Working-class voice for equality, peace and socialism
May 25, 2017Langston Hughes is justifiably known as the Poet Laureate of the African-American people. He died May 22, 1967 in New York City.
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This week in history: Spanish poet-playwright Federico García Lorca murdered
August 15, 2016In the beginning weeks of the Spanish Civil War, Federico García Lorca, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, was murdered by fascist soldiers.
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Growth of far right party cause for alarm in Germany
June 7, 2016Most alarming, since Germany is the strongest, most central European country, is the strength of its far-right Alternative for Germany.
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Celebrating Spanish Civil War veteran and lifelong activist Delmer Berg
May 27, 2016The life of the last surviving member of the Lincoln Brigade was celebrated May 21 by friends and family.
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Delmer Berg, last of the Lincoln Brigade vets, dies at 100
March 15, 2016The 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.
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