Vol. 81/No. 35      September 25, 2017

 

Letters

 
Blanca Nebbia
For the past nine years Blanca Nebbia, who was suffering from dementia, was in a nursing home in Jersey City, New Jersey. She was a longtime collaborator with the SWP, Pathfinder, the Militant and Perspectiva Mundial, translating articles and books. As a young woman in Argentina, she was part of the anarchist movement. When she settled in the U.S. in the 1970s, she wanted to get involved in politics. My sister told the story how they opened up the Yellow Pages in Brooklyn. The Communist Party’s line was busy, and they called the Socialist Workers Party and attended some forums. She never joined, but often helped with housing of comrades and international guests.

Blanca was inspired translating the Thomas Sankara speech to African women, “The Revolution Cannot Triumph Without the Emancipation of Women,” printed in Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-1987; and by the chapter in Teamster Rebellion on how strikers organized their field hospital. Even in the nursing home, when she could not access a computer, I would bring her printed copies of translations I had done, and she’d pour intensely over them to correct my Spanish. Until a few years ago, Blanca always asked me how the party was doing. She died peacefully Sept. 7.
Ruth Nebbia
Spotsylvania, Virginia

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A prisoner
Nebraska

A ‘great paper’
Thank you so much for sending me such a great newspaper. I’m sorry that I can’t send any money now. I’ve been in prison for nine years, have a life sentence, I’ve been in since I was 16.
A prisoner
Florida  
 
 
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