North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy

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The North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy was an American organization established in 1936.[1] It was an umbrella organization for ethnic groups and trade unions that donated money, medical necessities, and food to Spain through it. These donations were sent to the Spanish Loyalists during the Spanish Civil War.[1][2]

It was identified as a communist front organization linked to the Communist Party USA.[3] The historian Peter N. Carroll describes the organization as a "Popular Front organization that attracted Communists and Christians alike."[4]

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  1. ^ a b Brian Greenberg; Linda S. Watts (2009). Social history of the United States. ABC-CLIO. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-85109-903-0. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  2. ^ Sandy Polishuk; Julia Ruuttila (21 October 2003). Sticking to the union: an oral history of the life and times of Julia Ruuttila. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-4039-6240-9. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  3. ^ Steve Swayne (7 February 2011). Orpheus in Manhattan: William Schuman and the shaping of America's musical life. Oxford University Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-19-538852-7. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  4. ^ Peter N. Carroll (1994). The odyssey of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade: Americans in the Spanish Civil War. Stanford University Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-8047-2277-3. Retrieved 27 March 2012.