The International Workers' Relief, communism, and transnational solidarity : Willi Münzenberg in Weimar Germany /

The International Workers' Relief, communism, and transnational solidarity : Willi Münzenberg in Weimar Germany /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Braskén, Kasper, 1983-
Imprint:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Description:	xvii, 319 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Palgrave studies in the history of social movements Palgrave studies in the history of social movements.
Subject:	Münzenberg, Willi. Workers' International Relief -- History. Communists -- Germany -- Biography. Communism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Solidarity -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Transnationalism -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Internationalism -- Political aspects -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Political culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933. Germany -- Relations.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10884506

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ISBN:	9781137546852 1137546859
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 293 -309) and index.
Summary:	"In The International Workers' Relief, Communism, and Transnational Solidarity, Kasper Braskén offers the first comprehensive account of the international solidarity campaigns organised by the German communist Willi Münzenberg in Weimar Germany. Set in the context of the post-First World War era, the book looks at the making of communist and socialist cultures, movements and public celebrations of solidarity. Radical transnational solidarity was empowered by its intersection of liberation and resistance movements that all had a transnational or even a global agenda. Through its international solidarity campaigns, workers were encouraged to 'think globally' and to realise that, just as major strikes in neighbouring countries were linked with their own future prospects, so too were the far-off struggles in the colonies. In essence, it forms a study of how transnational communities and imaginaries have been constructed beyond national frameworks during the 20th century"--From publisher's website.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Awakening international solidarity, 1921
Re-imagining international solidarity, 1922-23
Solidarity for Germany, 1923
Creating a permanent international solidarity organisation
Broadening and radicalising solidarity, 1924-32
Towards a global international solidarity, 1924-26
Solidarity on the screen and stage
Celebrating international solidarity, 1930-32
International solidarity against war and fascism, 1927-33
Conclusions: Hidden cultures of transnational solidarity.