The Raven #29: World War Two

Cartoon by John Olday showing a load of Generals on top of tied up ordinary solidiers: "Who will come out on top?"

An issue of anarchist quarterly The Raven, published in 1995. Including historical and contemporary articles on World War Two.

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Submitted by Fozzie on July 30, 2022

Contents

  • Introduction - Vernon Richards
  • For Democracy - Charles M. Sandwick

Section 1: Documents

  • Czechoslavakia: Workers will not fight to defend capitalist interests and prestige (1938)
  • We need our pacifists (1938) - Havelock Ellis
  • Petrol embargo by the workers can end wars (1938)
  • Workers! Oppose the massacre of fellow workers. Fight capitalism and not the German workers (1938)
  • French workers face facts (1938)
  • "God is with us" - "Gott mit uns!"
  • A war for democracy? An answer to our critics (1938)
  • National Service - Anarchist Federation of Britain (1938)
  • Refuse to support the coming war (1939)
  • Conscription: Cannon fodder to safeguard capitalist interests and British imperialism (1939)

Section 2: Recollections

  • On Being There in World War Two - Peter Cadogan
  • 'A splendid little war' - Arthur Moyse
  • Conscientious Objectors in World War Two - Derrick A. Pike
  • The Pacifist Movement - John Hewetson
  • The Awkward Question - Colin Ward
  • Witness for the prosecution - Colin Ward
  • Revived 45: Anarchists Against The Army - Philip Sansom
  • The Left in World War Two and After - Vernon Richards

Section 3: The Horrors of War

  • Ravensburg
  • Auschwitz
  • Dresden
  • Tokyo
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Woe unto the Defeated - Adrian Walker
  • The Cost of War - Adrian Walker

Section 4: Some Conclusions

  • The Myth of Benevolence - Milan Rai

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