In August 1999, lifelong socialist, union supporter, and activist for peace and social justice, Clarence Kailin joined Esty Dinur in the studio to talk about his effort to erect a monument to the 45,000 International Volunteers who fought for the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War, including the 2800 Americans who served in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Kailin himself was a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. He speaks to Esty and a number of callers about his experience fighting against fascism. The monument Kailin was working on now stands to the right of the Gates of Heaven synagogue in James Madison park.
For more, Dinur wrote a cover story on Kailin for the January 2001 Isthmus. Following his death in 2009 The CapTimes published this piece about Kailin’s antifascism.
Image: Wisconsin volunteers (standing) Fred Palmer, Harry Lichter, Ray Disch; (seated) John Cookson, Clarence Kailin. Photograph provided to The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archive by Clarence Kailin. Used under fair use copyright, accessed via alba-valb.org
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