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the shipwrecked (part I): anti-fascist refugees during world war II
The refugees who tried to save themselves by crossing the frontiers: hated by the fascists for being communists, hated by the Nazis for being Jews, and hated by the democracies for their being...
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the shipwrecked (part II): anti-fascist refugees during world war II
Knowing how to fight one enemy means knowing how to fight another: this sentiment underlay the Stalinist politburo’s attitude towards refugees from the fascist countries. Second in a series by João...
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the shipwrecked (part III): anti-fascist refugees during world war II
“Save one million Jews! And to do what with them? Where will we put them?” Third in a series by João Bernardo: see here for parts one and two. I mentioned in the previous article that, during the time...
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the shipwrecked (part IV): anti-fascist refugees during world war II
The ideological breakdown of the left and extreme left at the time cannot be explained if we forget the fate of the hundreds of thousands of ‘shipwrecked’. Last in a series by João Bernardo: see here...
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a hope unfulfilled: communists in world war II
David Broder writes on the disappointed revolutionary aspirations of the WWII-era left The recent collapse of dictatorships in Egypt and Tunisia marked inspiring victories for the mass uprisings in the...
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meeting 14th april: class struggle in world war II
A meeting of the Birkbeck discussion group*, with a lead-off by David Broder. From 7:30pm on Thursday 14th April at Room 254, Birkbeck, Malet Street (Goodge St. tube). All welcome. The Second World...
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