The Front Lines of Social Change: Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade


		The Front Lines of Social Change:
		Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
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Al Tanz celebrating his 92nd birthday in El Cerrito, California, in 2000.

Al Tanz in a soldiers uniform during the Spanish Civil War Al Tanz parachute training WWII

Al Tanz
In the Spanish Civil War (right) and parachute training during World War II (above).

Tanz parachuted behind enemy lines in France, where he cut communication lines in preparation for the D-Day invasion. After the war, he became a progressive lawyer and was a founding member of the National Lawyers Guild.

The Front Lines of Social Change: Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade