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The March 2011 *Volunteer *is now online<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/the-last-german-volunteer/> at albavolunteer.org: Embattled Spanish Judge to receive ALBA-Puffin Human Rights Award<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/embattled-spanish-judge-to-receive-alba-puffin-human-rights-award/> Baltasar Garzón, the Spanish magistrate who has headed the effort to identify human rights violations during the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent Franco dictatorship, will receive the first ALBA-Puffin International Human Rights Award at the ALBA annual reunion in New York City on May 14. (Full press release here<http://www.albavolunteer.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ALBA-Puffin-HR-Award-Press-Release.pdf>; ticket info here<http://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=3321> .). <http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/political-activism-then-and-now-lessons-of-the-abraham-lincoln-brigade/>Political Activism Then and Now: Lessons of the Lincoln Brigade<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/political-activism-then-and-now-lessons-of-the-abraham-lincoln-brigade/> On February 16, twenty-four new sophomores from Bergen County Academies High School in Hackensack, NJ participated in a day-long program of study at the King Juan Carlos Center and the Tamiment Library. The students, who are enrolled in a project we direct, entitled Political Activism. ALBA prepares for major celebrations in New York and Bay Area<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/alba-prepares-for-major-celebrations-in-new-york-and-bay-area/> The New York program–on May 14th, at the Eisner/Lubin auditorium on Washington Square, New York City (tickets here<http://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=3321>)–will feature Judge Baltasar Garzón, who will receive the first ALBA-Puffin Prize for Human Rights Activism, alongside Michael Ratner, director of the Center for Constitutional Rights <http://ccrjustice.org/>, and Larry Cox, director of Amnesty International USA <http://www.amnestyusa.org/>, and a musical program directed by Bruce Barthol. The Bay Area program–on May 29th at Freight & Salvage <http://www.thefreight.org/>(tickets here<http://www.thefreight.org/event/2011/05/30>)–will feature Jeff Paterson, of Courage to Resist,<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/alba-prepares-for-major-celebrations-in-new-york-and-bay-area/www.couragetoresist.org> who will speak on the political and legal struggle to defend Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused WikiLeaks whistle blower, and a stirring musical performance of Spanish Civil War Songs of Courage & Resistance, once more directed by Bruce Barthol. Wikileaks, avant la Wiki: FDR on Franco in 1945<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/02/wikileaks-avant-la-wiki-fdr-on-franco-in-1945-2/> By James D. Fernández I recently stumbled across a WikiLeaks-like March 1945 letter by FDR to the new US Ambassador in Madrid, saying that the US government will hold its nose and maintain relations with the Franco regime, but that it repudiates the origins and ideology of the regime. Little did I know that this brief archival document actually was involved in a major diplomatic scandal in 1945 involving “leaks.” Presidential Politics in Republican Spain<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/presidential-politics-in-republican-spain/> By Richard Baxell Review of *Juan Negrín: Physiologist, Socialist and Republican War Leader<http://www.powells.com/biblio/64-9781845193768-0?&PID=33188> .** *By Gabriel Jackson. Portland, Oregon: Sussex Academic Press 2010. Ángel Viñas’s Masterly Historical Trilogy<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/a-masterly-trilogy-on-the-spanish-republic/> By Gabriel Jackson Review of Angel Viñas, *La Soledad de la República;* *El Escudo de la República;y El Honor de la República.* All three books published by Editorial Crítica, Barcelona, 2006-2008. Picasso, Louis Delaprée and the bombing of civilians<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/from-madrid-to-guernica-picasso-louis-delapree-and-the-bombing-of-civilians/> By Martin Minchom Although Picasso experts agree that the painter’s interest in the war as a subject was sparked some time in late 1936 or early 1937, the precise circumstances of the “conversion” that made the Guernica possible were never fully made clear—until now, that is. Fugitive from Spanish Fascism: A Memoir<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/fugitive-from-spanish-fascism-a-memoir/> By Miguel Domínguez Soler and Richard Barker Miguel Domínguez Soler was a talented man of humble origin who lived during tumultuous times, survived many brushes with death, and left a memoir based on the diaries he kept his entire life. New Digital Archive of SCW and Francoism<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/new-digital-archive-of-scw-and-francoist-repression/> By Luis Martín Cabrera The Spanish Civil War Memory Project, an initiative of the University of California at San Diego in collaboration with several Spanish civic associations, seeks to build a digital Archive of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist repression. Matti Mattson (1916-2011)<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/01/matti-mattson-1916-2011/> Nate Thornton (1915-2011)<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/nate-thornton-1915-2011-2/> Maynard Goldstein (1913-2011)<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/maynard-goldstein-1913-2011-2/> Hank Rubin (1916-2011)<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/hank-rubin-1916-2011-2/> Letters from a Finnish Volunteer<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/letter-from-a-finnish-volunteer/> By Martin Maki (transl. Matti Mattson) The Last German Volunteer<http://www.albavolunteer.org/2011/03/the-last-german-volunteer/> By Victor Grossman *Support ALBA! Click here<http://www.nycharities.org/donate/c_donate.asp?CharityCode=1972>to donate. * *For the print version of the March 2011 Volunteer, click here<http://www.albavolunteer.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Volunteer2011-1-web_cmprd.pdf> .* * -- Sebastiaan Faber Professor of Hispanic Studies Oberlin College* *[log in to unmask] www.oberlin.edu/faculty/sfaber Chair of the Board of Governors Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives www.alba-valb.org www.albavolunteer.org 50 N Professor St Oberlin, OH 44074-1091 tel.: (440) 775-8189 fax: (440) 775-6888 *