Here in Seattle, we have a monument to the Abraham Lincoln brigade, the American volunteer brigade in the Spanish Civil War, in which 11 University of Washington students fought in. #spanishcivilwar #abrahamlincolnbrigade #seattle
It's a shame this conflict has been largely forgotten in the US, but it was interesting to hear it spotlighted in Oppenheimer. Hopefully it gets a lot more people reading about it and remembering the sacrifices made
@@LadyIzdihar It is good. It's just impressive how persecuted he and the other people with socialist background were. The movie highlight this very well.
@@LadyIzdihar I was pleasantly surprised at how objective the film is in its portrayal of both the extent of pro-communist thought within the US and the subsequent anti-communist hysteria during Oppenheimer's life. Having read American Prometheus, I was ready to be disappointed but it seems Nolan closely read and synthesized the book, hitting all the key points. I actually think the film should have been a bit longer 😅
¡No pasarán! Por favor, lea mi otro comentario. (El abuelo de mi marido luchó en la Brigada y nunca lo supimos hasta años después de casarnos. Le hubiera encantado conocer a su nieto y a mí y a nuestros hijos).
my great uncle was involved in guerrilla resistance against the Franco regime in the mountains of the Sierra de San Mamede in Galicia (Northern Spain) in the late 40s and 50s, he was a farmer and a communist and provided medicine and food to a small band of communist and anarchist guerrilla fighters that operated in those mountains. He also live relatively isolated so sometimes he would hide sick or wounded fighters in his home or in his barn until they got better. Unfurtunately he died of alcoholism in the late 60s, i think because the depression, caused by living in an opressive regime, the stress of being a communist in a fascist country, the sadness of the defeat and the general feeling of opressivnes that permeated every aspect of life in the Spain of those days, finally got to him. My whole Family lived and suffered through fascism, they have traumas that still permeate til today, (partly inherited to me and my cousins) and have had to endure difficulties in life that they would not have had to if the republic had won the war. My Grandmother for instance worked for her entire life, practicaly from birth to the day of her death. She had to endure the famine and political terror of the 40s and early 50s and never had a true opportunity at a good education or possibilites of emancipation.(the Nationalists and fascists hated the educational and alphabetization programs the republic put in place in rural areas, in fact the fascist killed and tortured many rural teachers in Galicia) If the republic had won she would have had the opportunity to get that and even go to an university if she so wished. My Oldest aunt had to fight to get and higher education and my mum and her younger siblings had to leave home and go work in Switzerland since the age of 15-16 to earn money for the family and to finance their own education since my grandparents did not have a lot of money. My Grandmother was never a communist and she always respected the fact that i was, but she would always tell me with a sincere and true woriness for my safety to not be to open with that information because she remembered the effect of the wrong neighbour getting that information and telling the police. It was a deep seated trauma and it was always difficult for her to tell me about those days when people just disapeared because they were denounced as reds. For these reason i deeply hate fascism with every single bone of my body, i hate it for what it did to my family and to the world, i hate it for what it still does today so when i hear of all the people from the whole world who came to my country to help us resist fascism i get a deep feeling of gratefulness and emotion for their selfless solidarity. Thankyou Abraham Lincoln Bataillon, thankyou international brigades. La lucha sigue.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing. There's a monument to the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion (Canadians who fought in another volunteer brigade) in Victoria, B.C. Of course, there's no mention that unlike other memorialized soldiers, they weren't recognized as veterans or granted all the concomitant support---in fact they were marginalized if not scorned at the time.
My uncle now deceased tried to join the AL brigade when he was 16 and was turned down as he was too young. He fought in WW2 in France where he received a battlefield promotion when part of his unit was wiped out by German artillery. When he returned to the states he was blacklisted and could only find menial labor jobs despite being the first person in the county he was from to have received a university degree. Probably for the best that he didn’t go to Spain as the casualties in the brigades were around 50%
There's one in Madison Wisconsin as well, I drug my family to visit it when we moved to Minnesota. I have a lovely photo of my three-year-old son putting his hands on the upraised fist, and the one in Madison is clearly inspired by the one in Seattle.
My grandfather was a major in the international brigades... Really glad their contributions hasn't been forgotten. Edited. Spelling. English isn't first language. Would really enjoy a series on the international brigades. No pasarán.
Thank you for sharing, keep up the excellent work! Harry Haywood's book/biography Black Bolshevik is a great first-hand account from this era from a party member who was involved with the Abe Lincoln Brigade.
We may not agree on everything politically, or maybe we do, I don’t know, ….but you’re videos and website are exactly the kind of Soviet history I’ve been looking for for what seems like decades. Thank you
Sorry if i sound like a simp but I hope you read this, i just wanted too say; even though im not a big fan of socialism or communism,i love your channel and i hope you become more famous someday if thats the goal. I hope you make more book or pins videos btw just a thought: it would be super intresting if you made thrift videos like LGR did but your version of it lol i wish you well for the future also you're super beutiful ok sorry lol anyway i have to go before i say something weird
tangentially: this means that Bogart's character in Casablanca would have gone thru this interview. There's a line where they talk about his past and they mention he fought on the loyalist side in the Spanish Civil War
Great version by pete Seeger too. I recently came across a version of “long live the 15th brigade” by an Algerian Berber singer lounes kheloui from only a few years ago, historical echos I guess. He’s also a really great Mandola player
Let me tell you about a true Love story. There was a young idealistic American named Alex who fought in the Lincoln Brigade. At the same time Jorge, a Spaniard from Valladolid was fighting with the Republicans. Jorge fought with along side some Americans. Alex returned home with a war injury. Jorge continued but eventually the war ended. Jorge also taught his son, Juan, that Americans can be trusted. Just after Franco died and the new Constitution was enacted Juan had a daughter and he named her Pilar. Alex also returned home and had a son who he named Sean. Sean had a son about the same time but being in America he was more concerned with the Regan election. Sean named his son Finnian and he grew up in the Colorado mountains. Finnian was a very intelligent kid and started learning Spanish around Kindergarten. Finnian was fascinated by El Cid and the Reconquista but never knew about his grandfather Alex because he died before Finnian was born. Pilar on the other hand knew all about Jorge because Juan told her and she became a fan of the US including learning English starting in Kindergarten. Finnian grew up and studied chemistry at Colorado St Uni. Pilar wanted to immerse in English so when when received a scholarship to study at Colorado St Uni she jumped at the opportunity. Finnian and Pilar met and fell in love. They quickly married and sadly 5 years later Sean, Finnian's father died. Pilar and Finnian went through his belongings and found a cigar box of letters and papers that belonged to Alex, Finnian's grandfather. Among the papers were Alex's military records, personal notes and a few photos of his service as a technician in the Lincoln Brigade and his engagement in the Battle of the Ebro. Pilar burst into tears when she remembered that her grandfather said he learned that you trust Americans at the Ebro. BTW, the 'P' in my username is for Pilar.
Thanks for sharing, comrade! The Spanish Regime wanted us to forget about the brave working class women and men who came for all over the world to stop fascism. Spain has less momuments dedicated to them than most countries who's people were involved, and those who exist are vandalized from time to time. Nevertheless, we Spanish leftists will not forget their great effort. ¡Vivan las Brigadas Internacionales! ¡No pasarán!
We Spanish leftists will never forget the brave fighters who left everything behind to help our people against the fascist traitors ¡Que la tierra os sea leve camaradas!
@@comradestannis I don't consider them fascists but the humilliation the Vox reactionaries have suffered is good news to all vulnerable people and minorities of the country, unfortunately they do hold huge regional power in many places
Fascists won the civil war here in Spain. And they stayed in power for 40 brutal years. But we remember our friends and allies. Thanks, Lincoln Brigade. ¡No pasarán!
@@jarekkish5515 The "conservatives" that sent troops to fight alongside the germans in the east front? The conservatives that killed thousands during fourty years of national-catholic dictatorship? No, of course those were not fascists...
The Spanish Republic will always be the one and only true Spain regardless of the wars outcome. To hell with Franco, Hitler, Mussolini, and the rest of those Nazi dogs. As a Mexican American, I am proud of both my countries for their contributions to help Spain. ¡Viva la República de España! ¡Viva la brigada Lincoln!
