ALBA prepares for major celebrations in New York and Bay Area

March 3, 2011
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ALBA is getting ready for two major annual celebrations in New York and the Bay Area. The New York program–on May 14th, at the Eisner/Lubin auditorium on Washington Square, New York City (tickets here)–will feature Judge Baltasar Garzón, who will receive the first ALBA-Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism, alongside Michael Ratner, director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Larry Cox, director of Amnesty International USA, and a musical program directed by Bruce Barthol.

Jeff Paterson of Courage to Resist speaks at the Die-In for Peace in San Francisco, this past December 16. Photo Jeff Johnson

The Bay Area program–on May 29th at Freight & Salvage (tickets here)–will feature Jeff Paterson, of Courage to Resist, 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.

For ticket information click here (New York) or here (Bay Area), or visit the ALBA website.

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