Clarence Kailin, fighter in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, dead at 95
Clarence Kailin died this afternoon in Madison, Wisconsin, after suffering a stroke last night. He was 95 years old. Kailin traveled from Wisconsin to Spain with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, to fight against the Spanish fascists during the Spanish Civil War.
Here he is on Democracy Now!, interviewed in 2007:
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And here is a column by Amy Goodman, included in her new book Breaking the Sound Barrier, about Kailin and other members of the Abe Lincoln Brigade:
