Book: THE LINCOLN BRIGADE FIGHTS WORLD FASCISM

THE LINCOLN BRIGADE FIGHTS WORLD FASCISM w/ Author William L. Katz

    At this moment in history, in 2016, many feel more is at stake than the White House or the election of a woman as President of the United States. They point to massive state  suppression of minority votersand even the youth vote. Wealthy corporations and individuals pick candidates and use money to winprimaries and elections. 

   They see a connection between these events and the march of Fascism in Europe by Hitler and Mussolini in the 1930s. They see danger here at home.

     80 years ago this year in 1936 Hitler and Mussolini began their first march into Europe during the Spanish Civil War. At the same time volunteers from countries around the world, including the United States, rushed to Spain to defend its Republic. These men and women were sounding a personal warning of the Fascist danger. 

    This is the story of the American volunteers, black and white, who rushed to Spain in 1936, to put their bodies between the Republic and the march of world Fascism. They were telling their government and fellow citizens to wake up.

A copy of "The Lincoln Brigade: A Picture History", by William Loren Katz and Marc Crawford, has been presented to U. S. President Obama by Spain's Podemos leader, Pablo Iglesias. 

The inscription reads: "The first Americans who came to Europe to fight against fascism were the men and women of the Lincoln Brigade. Please convey to the American people the gratitude of Spanish democrats for the anti-fascist example set by these heroes. Among them was Oliver Law, the first African American to command American troops. In memory of these heroes. An embrace, President Obama. Pablo Iglesias."