North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy

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. The ethnic groups and trade unions donated money, medical necessities and food to Spain through the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy. These donations were sent to Republicans during the Spanish Civil War.^[1][2]

North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy was identified as a Communist front linked to the Communist Party USA.^[3] Historian Peter N. Carroll describes this organization as a "Popular Front organization that attracted Communists and Christians alike."^[4]

References

1. 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.