ALBA Giving Tuesday

This Giving Tuesday Help Us Continue Our Mission Of Teaching History And Inspiring Activism.

A fundraising campaign for Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA)

Help Support ALBA's Educational Programs!


We always knew that the anti-fascist legacy that we work to preserve is vital and urgent, but we had no idea just how vital and just how urgent it would become. Today’s general public, students and teachers included, are hungry to learn about and engage critically with the complexities of the crisis of the 1930s. By connecting them with the extraordinary legacy of the Lincolns, we are helping them make sense of the troubling times in which we now find ourselves.


Teaching Institutes


For the last decade, ALBA has been conducting professional development workshops (Teaching Institutes) for high school educators all over the country. To date, we have reached over 1,200 teachers in more than nine states.

In our workshops, ALBA faculty introduce the participating teachers to our extensive collection of primary-source material and work with them to come up with ways of getting the Spanish Civil War, the history of anti-fascism, and the stories of the women and men of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade into their classrooms. Over time, we have expanded the historical arc covered in the workshops, tracing threads from the conflict in Spain all the way to the present day, passing through World War II, Vietnam, the perennial Oil Wars in the Middle East, and the ongoing struggle for social, racial and economic justice in the United States and abroad.


The Volunteer

The Volunteer is our organization's magazine, founded by Lincoln veterans, which regularly publishes works on anti-fascism, politics, the arts, and culture. In this critical time for anti-fascism, we hope to continue the intellectual and literary tradition we have inherited from the Lincolns, but we can only do so with your help.


The Veteran Archive

We strive to maintain an accurate record of all who served in the Lincoln Brigades. We use this record to honor all who answered the call to fight against fascism and incorporate the stories of the individual Lincolns into our Teaching Institutes. We combine remembrance and education to persevere the legacy of antifascist resistance.  


Your donation will help us to expand the reach of our Teaching Institutes, fund The Volunteer and develop other educational initiatives to preserve the legacy of antifascist activism.


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