The many faces of antifascism : interwar Marxist militant networks and the divided response to fascism / William J. Chase and Olga Novikova-Monterde.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chase, William J., 1947- author.

Novikova-Monterde, Olga, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-fascist movements--Europe--History--20th century.

Anti-fascist movements.

Communism--Europe--History--20th century.

Communism.

Anti-fascist movements--History.

Communism--History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

illustration

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

Across western Eurasia in the 1930s, Marxists developed, and disagreed on, the best methods to combat fascism. The literatures on this period are vast but rarely do they intersect, primarily because many studies stay within tight national or political boundaries. Conversely, 'The Many Faces of Antifascism' explores the social and cultural reality of the interwar antifascist movement through a series of transnational micro-histories, foregrounding contingency and militants' lived experiences. Focusing simultaneously on the Soviet Union, Germany, Austria, France, England, and Spain, the book examines anew the incidents that spurred the division of Marxist antifascists, the fragmentation of the Popular Front, and the melding of antifascism and anti-communism in the late 1930s.

Contents:

Olga Tankhilevich and her oppositional comrades in action

Olga Tankhilevich and her fellow oppositionists in conflict and exile

Was Valentin Olberg a Soviet agent?

The political worlds of Valentin Olberg

Texts and contexts

Was Valentin Olberg a Trotskyist agent?

Communists on the popular front during the Spanish Civil War

The POUM and Trotskyists on the popular front and Civil War

Neu Beginnen and the disappearance of Marc Rein

Alfonso Laurencic’s report and its impact

The LSI’s and Neu Beginnen’s investigation of Rein’s disappearance

Three international Marxist campaigns against the Spanish Republic

Katia Landau’s Le stalinisme en Espagne

The Kulcsars and Landaus in interwar Austria and Europe

Rafail Abramovich’s ongoing anti-communist campaign

The political demonology of Gustav Szinda.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Academic, viewed on September 1, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version : Chase, William J.,1947- Many faces of antifascism.

ISBN:

9780198994428

0198994427

OCLC:

1601647650

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