Americans in the Spanish Civil: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade

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From 1936 to 1939 about 2,800 Americans, men and women of every background, race and class answered the anti-fascist call of the Spanish Republic and embarked upon a journey across the Atlantic to fight in the Spanish Civil War. This blog series tells their story, sometimes from an individual’s perspective, sometimes from a broader historical context in order to remember their contribution to international solidarity.

Race, Class and Gender in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade

By Dario Graziano

December 5, 2024

Coming from a country that in the 1930s was already quite multicultural, the Americans that fought in Spain were from a variety of socioeconomic classes and from different (ethnic) backgrounds. Most of them were white working class  men with strong communist convictions, but recent studies are drawing attention to the women and African Americans that …...

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The Spirit of Solidarity: A Closer Look at the Abraham Lincoln Brigade

By Dario Graziano

November 28, 2024

From July 1936 to April 1939, the Spanish Republican government waged a war against the fascist forces led by dictator and general Francisco Franco. Twenty-seven nations quickly signed an alliance pledging non-intervention. The United States adopted a position of non-intervention as well, although unofficially. At the same time, Mussolini and Hitler aided Franco with huge …...

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