The images that follow come from the "Fighting Fascist Spain: The Exhibits" created by Dr, Montse Feu-Lopez in order to resurface and preserve the lost history of Spain.
José Castilla Morales (Huelva, Spain, 1893–New York, 1961) Migrated to Cienfuegos, Cuba, in 1909. Staff writer for El Sembrador, El Progreso, and Tierra. Fled the Gerardo Machado administration’s political repression and arrived in New York with anarchists Avelino Iglesias and Paulino Díez. Staff writer for the anarchist newspaper Solidaridad Obrera (Mexico, 1918–1930) and assistant director of La Voz (New York, 1939). He was one of the founders of the Sociedades Hispanas Confederadas or SHC. SHC founder, leader, and playwright; editor and satirist for España Libre. Worked as a Spanish advertising manager for a chemical laboratory in New York.
Feu, “José Castilla Morales y España Libre (1939-1977): sátira contra la dictadura de Francisco Franco desde Henry Street, Brooklyn.” Migraciones & Exilios. Cuadernos AEMIC. 14 (2014): 87-104.
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