The International Workers' Relief, Communism, and Transnational Solidarity: Willi Münzenberg in Weimar Germany

by Kasper Braskén

Overview

The first major study on the making of new cultures, movements and public celebrations of transnational solidarity in Weimar Germany. The book shows how solidarity was used to empower the oppressed in their liberation and resistance movements and how solidarity networks transferred visions and ideas of an alternative global community.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137546852
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/12/2015
Series:	Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	319
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

Kasper Braskén is Postdoctoral Researcher at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland. He is a historian specialising in German, transnational and social movement history. He is the co-editor of H-Socialisms and the author of several articles on international solidarity, communism and anti-fascism.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Awakening International Solidarity, 1921
3. Re-Imagining International Solidarity, 1922–23
4. Solidarity for Germany, 1923
5. Creating a Permanent International Solidarity Organisation
6. Broadening and Radicalising Solidarity, 1924–32
7. Towards a Global International Solidarity, 1924–26
8. Solidarity on the Screen and Stage
9. Celebrating International Solidarity, 1930–32
10. International Solidarity against War and Fascism, 1927–33

Editorial Reviews

Braskèn’s account of the IAH’s short history is very much appreciated for bringing transnational proletarian alliances and ambitions to scholarly attention. His study breaks new ground in addressing transnational and global connections of early ‘proletarian internationalism’ and is a remarkable and detailed reconstruction of how proletarian solidarity networks transferred visions and ideas of an alternative global community in the interwar years.” (Tilmann Siebeneichner, German History, Vol. 34 (3), September, 2016)

“This book deals with the history of the International Workers’ Relief or IWR and the pivotal role that Willi Münzenberg played in it. … This is a well-written book, based on archival material from Germany, Russia and the Netherlands. … overall Braskén has produced a highly valuable contribution to the history of the international communist movementof the 1920s.” (Mario Kessler, European History Quarterly, Vol. 46 (2), January, 2016)

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