Contributions

Benefactor ($5,000 and above) Puffin Foundation, Ltd.

Sponsor ($1,000-$4,999) Ruth & Jacob Epstein Foundation • Josephine M. Labanyi • James and Ellyn Polshek • Len & Nancy Tsou In Memory of Wen-Rao Chen (aka Dong Hong Yick)

Supporter ($250-$999) Joshua Barnett • Christopher Brooks • Peter N. Carroll & Jeannette Ferrary In Memory of Perry Rosenstein • David Elsila • Alan Entin In Memory of Bernard Entin • Joan & Allan Fisch • Henry Kahn • Francis Nash & Sherron R. Biddle In Memory of Jack Penrod • Anne Taibleson In Honor of Judith Montell • Nancy Wallach In Memory of Hy Wallach • Jason Wood

Contributor ($100-$249) Fred Blair In Memory of John Clarence Blair • Jorgia Bordofsky In Memory of Joseph Siegel • Bunny & Jeff Dell In Memory of Joseph & Pauline Rosmarin • Rory Flanagan In Memory of Terry Flanagan • Paul Friedlander In Memory of Paul Sigel • Lola Gellman In Memory of Isaiah Gellman • Lisa McGurrin In Memory of Bill Bailey and Vincent Lossowski • Geraldine Nichols & Andres Avellaneda In Memory of Muriel Avellaneda • Duna Penn In Memory of Ted (Penn) Pniewski • Julie Eva Penrod-Glenn In Memory of John A. Penrod • Barry Yormack In Honor of Milton Cooper

Friend ($1-$99) Everett Aison In Memory of Irving Fajans • Paul Baicich In Memory of Saul Wellman • Mary Lee Baranger In Honor of Lini De Vries • Jane Bjoze In Memory of Jack Bjoze •Marion Burns In Memory of Harry Randall •Claude Chaney In Honor of Nicolas Niederman •Martin Comack In Memory of Buenaventura Durruti •David Warren & Susan Crawford In Memory of Alvin Warren, Maury Colow & Arthur Munday • Marc Goldstein In Memory of Maynard Goldstein • Julio Granda In Memory of Luis & Maria Granda • Linda S. Grossman In Memory of Dr. Aaron Hilkevitch • George Haber In Memory of Louis Stoloff & Rose Haber •Timothy F. Harding In Memory of Abe Osheroff • Kevin Joyce & Kate Shore In Honor of Coleman Joyce • Ethel and Keith Kirk In Memory of Hilda Roberts • Richard P. Layh In Memory of Herb Rathman • Leonard J. Lehrman In Memory of Gabriel Jackson, Nathaniel S. Lehrman, and Perry Rosenstein • Jean Kathleen Ranallo In Memory of John Hovan of Providence • Joanne & August Ricca In Memory of Carl Geiser • Suzanne & Alan Jay Rom In Memory of Samuel S. Schiff and Isabelle P Schiff • Fred Siegel In Memory of Joseph Siegel •Rita Spiller In Memory of Samuel Spiller • Luise S. Stone In Memory of Ely J. Sack • Eric Tabb In Memory of H.L. Tabb • Robert H. & Lois Whealey In Honor of Angel Viñas

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ONLINE SCREENING OF

INTERNATIONALE THE

Join us on August 30 (time TBA) for an online screening and discussion of Peter Miller’s documentary The Internationale. The film chronicles the history of the song—which was written by Eugene Pottier in 1871 at the fall of the Paris Commune— from before to the end of the Cold War. It includes performances and interviews with musicians and activists from around the world, including Billy Bragg and Pete Seeger.

CELEBRATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MONUMENT

Following its successful online spring gala, ALBA invites you to join a live-streamed celebration of the Lincoln Brigade Monument in San Francisco, which has been recently restored. Speakers include Isabel Allende, Bill Fletcher, Walter Hood, Susan Schwartzenberg, Rafael Jesús González, and Harvey Smith. With various musical performances.

ALBA Online Monument Celebration September 12, 5pm EDT/2pm PDT More information at www.alba-valb.org

Due to the pandemic restrictions, there will be no physical gathering at the monument.

THE VOLUNTEER NEEDS YOUR HELP!

Every three months, ALBA is pleased and proud to send you this publication. We know that so many of our readers treasure it, and we value your feedback, your encouraging words as well as your constructive criticism. We strive to make the publication a forum for the exchange of information and ideas of interest to the ALBA community.

Each edition of

The Volunteer

costs $7,500 to publish. Would you consider donating at this amount to cover the cost of one edition? Your name would be prominently displayed (with your approval) in that edition, as the single donor who made that edition possible.

We know this is a big “ask”! If you are able to consider a gift at this level, to sponsor an edition of The Volunteer, please contact Mark Wallem directly at mwallem@alba-valb.org.

Please know that we appreciate every gift, large or small, that comes our way. Thank you for your generosity and your support of

The Volunteer.