Donation can for Disabled Abraham Lincoln Brigade veterans.

Far from the shores of America raged the struggle against Franco's brutal fascist regime. No other international issue had managed so fervently to capture the hearts and souls of American intellectuals and radicals. Their experiences during the Depression moved them to a greater urgency in fighting against injustice and repression. The response of the Spanish working class against Franco advanced their ideals of building an egalitarian society by collectivizing land, industry, and public utilities, and closing down the pro-fascist Catholic churches. The U.S. Government did not enter this war, but nearly 3,000 Americans volunteered with the International Brigades, leaving behind home and family, and establishing the first racially integrated military unit in U.S. history. As many as one million people are believed to have died during the War, and many others were forced into exile.

Franco's regime continued for several decades after the official ending of the Spanish Civil War, until his death in 1975.