The War on War League : a South African pacifist movement, 1914-1915

dc.contributor.authorHyslop, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-10T06:36:43Z
dc.date.available2017-06-10T06:36:43Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe outbreak of the First World War divided the South African Labour Party, a movement representing the country’s white working class. The party’s parliamentary delegation supported South African government’s participation in the war effort, but many leadership figures within the party and the trade unions disagreed with this stance. The dissidents formed an organization called the War on War League. In mid-1915, the anti-war activists left the party and formed the International Socialist League, a predecessor of the Communist Party of South Africa. The War on War League has conventionally been regarded as important only for its role in the eventual formation of the Communist Party. This article however contends that it needs to be understood in its own terms, as a pacifist movement, reflecting a political moment of resistance to the plunge into global war.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentAnthropology and Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.description.departmentArchitectureen_ZA
dc.description.departmentAuditingen_ZA
dc.description.departmentBiblical and Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.description.departmentBiochemistryen_ZA
dc.description.departmentBiokinetics, Sport and Leisure Sciencesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHyslop, J 2016, 'The War on War League : a South African pacifist movement, 1914-1915', Scientia Militaria, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 22-34.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0103-9016 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2224-0020 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.5787/44-1-1160
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/61002
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Stellenbosch, Faculty of Military Scienceen_ZA
dc.rightsUniversity of Stellenbosch, Faculty of Military Scienceen_ZA
dc.subjectPacifismen_ZA
dc.subjectAnti-war movementen_ZA
dc.subjectFirst world waren_ZA
dc.subjectSyndicalismen_ZA
dc.subjectInternationalismen_ZA
dc.subjectWitwatersranden_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectWar on War Leagueen_ZA
dc.titleThe War on War League : a South African pacifist movement, 1914-1915en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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