Socialists and the First World War

New Pamphlet

PUBLIC MEETINGS

'The Working Class Lost the First World War' 

8.00pm Tuesday 5^th August 2014 

Chiswick Town Hall,

 Heathfield Terrace, 

London W4 4JN

'The Left and the First World War' 

3.00pm Sunday 17^th August 2014 

Socialist Party Head Office 

52 Clapham High St, 

London SW4 7UN

A hundred years since the outbreak of the First World War, the one surviving political organisation that opposed the conflict is marking the events of the time. The Socialist Party of Great Britain  declared the war to be about access to trade routes and sources of raw materials for the owners of business and not about the interests of the vast majority in society, saying the conflict did not justify the shedding of a single drop of blood. As a result, many of its members were put in prison for their political opposition to the war. To mark this occasion, the Party is engaging in a number of activities this summer, including:

• the publication of a new pamphlet which contains articles from the 'Socialist Standard' between 1914 and 1918 which set out our principles opposition to the war, together with other material giving an overview of the war, its causes and its effects on working-class lives. This pamphlet is called 'Strange Meeting: Socialism and World War One' and is available for £4.50 (incl p&p)