The six-part documentary on the Spanish Civil War produced by Granada Television in the 1980s, with Neal Acherson, can be viewed online.
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The six-part documentary on the Spanish Civil War produced by Granada Television in the 1980s, with Neal Acherson, can be viewed online.
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Miren Gutiérrez interviews Francisco Etxebarria, the forensic scientist who has worked with Spain's the Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory:
”The three rights of victims are truth, justice and reparations, and these have not been forthcoming” in the case of the roughly 200,000 victims of murder and forced disappearance...
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A 25-minute address by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, recipient of the 2010 Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives Activist Award, at the 74th Reunion of the Volunteers for Liberty, Museo del Barrio, New York City, May 2, 2010.
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The June issue of the online Volunteer will feature some clips of our May 2 reunion event in New York City. Here are some previews.
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The decision, yesterday, by the Spanish General Council of the Judiciary (Consejo General del Poder Judicial, CGPJ) that there are no legal impediments to Garzón's taking up a position as special advisor to Luis Moreno Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands, has not stopped the debate...
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Pierre Assouline, biographer of Henri Cartier-Bresson, reflects in his blog at Le Monde on the importance of Juan Salas' discovery of a long-lost Spanish Civil War film (clip here):
It is hard to watch these silent images without being reminded of Cartier-Bresson's great regret: to have...
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The self-chosen "political exile" to The Hague of investigative magistrate Baltasar Garzón has been unexpectedly approved by Spain's General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ)--albeit not as a formal leave of absence (excedencia). Garzón had requested a seven-month leave to serve as special advisor on crimes against humanity to the Chief Prosecutor of the...
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Scott Horton writes:
In the end, it is not Garzón but rather the judicial oversight body that emerges with its reputation in a tatters. Moreover, the entire affair serves to put the spotlight just where it belongs. The assumption that the horrors of Spain’s fascist past must remain forever covered...
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A Los Angeles Times editorial: From the beginning, the case against Garzon has seemed to be motivated by political and personal vendettas, and the timing of these decisions is no exception. The vehemence with which Garzon’s inquiry was rejected is not surprising given the bloody history of the period, yet the legal action...
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José Ricardo de Prada: (Translated from El País, May 16, 2010:) "I’ve gone from anger on Friday, to desolation. I am deeply demoralized, not just in terms of myself, but in terms of my profession, which has been pretty much my whole life over these last 25 years. This goes way...
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