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Did you see the New York Times the other day?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/opinion/john-mccain-salute-to-a-communist.html
AN interesting obituary appeared in The New York Times recently, though the death of its subject last month was largely unnoticed beyond his family and friends.
Thats not surprising. Delmer Berg wasnt a celebrity. He wasnt someone with great wealth or influence. He had never held public office. He was a Californian. He worked as a farmhand and stonemason. He did some union organizing. He was vice president of his local N.A.A.C.P. chapter. He protested against the Vietnam War and nuclear weapons. He joined the United States Communist Party in 1943, and, according to The Times, he remained an unreconstructed Communist for the rest of his life. He was 100.
He was also the last known living veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
Not many Americans younger than 70 know much about the Lincoln Brigade. It became the designation given to the nearly 3,000 mostly American volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War in 1937 and 1938. They fought on the Republican side, in defense of the democratically elected leftist government of Spain, and against the Nationalists, the military rebels led by Gen. Francisco Franco.
In this time of political yelling and screaming it is nice to see Senator McCain seeing there was a man behind the label.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/25/opinion/john-mccain-salute-to-a-communist.html
AN interesting obituary appeared in The New York Times recently, though the death of its subject last month was largely unnoticed beyond his family and friends.
Thats not surprising. Delmer Berg wasnt a celebrity. He wasnt someone with great wealth or influence. He had never held public office. He was a Californian. He worked as a farmhand and stonemason. He did some union organizing. He was vice president of his local N.A.A.C.P. chapter. He protested against the Vietnam War and nuclear weapons. He joined the United States Communist Party in 1943, and, according to The Times, he remained an unreconstructed Communist for the rest of his life. He was 100.
He was also the last known living veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade.
Not many Americans younger than 70 know much about the Lincoln Brigade. It became the designation given to the nearly 3,000 mostly American volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil War in 1937 and 1938. They fought on the Republican side, in defense of the democratically elected leftist government of Spain, and against the Nationalists, the military rebels led by Gen. Francisco Franco.
In this time of political yelling and screaming it is nice to see Senator McCain seeing there was a man behind the label.
Moral of the story: People who sell out always end up taking a price that is far too low.
In the end, I decided it would be more appropriate for me, a Democrat, to vote in the Democratic primary. So I voted for Bradley because I was none too fond of Gore.
Yes, I lived through it and well remember the fall of the wall. What a relief. Much like VE and VJ days, remember those too ... no more Allied troops being killed fight evil.
