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RADICAL RESPONSES TO THE GREAT
DEPRESSION The Spanish Civil War |
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Typed Letter. Abe Bluestein to Selma Bluestein, Madrid, November 6, 1937. Abe and Selma Bluestein, New York anarchists,
traveled to Spain in 1937, arriving in Barcelona shortly before the
now famous May Days, when anarchists and Marxists were confronted by
Communist and government forces in a bloody battle. Abe reported on
the War for Freie Arbeiter Stimme, the long-running Yiddish
anarchist weekly in New York and Selma was involved with the artist's
community. Abe also served as information officer for the CNT
(Confederación Nacional del Trabajo/National Confederation of
Labor), gave radio broadcasts for the anarchist fighters in Barcelona
and other parts of Catalonia, and sent weekly news bulletins to U.S.
and British publications. |