Internationalism and Anti-War Mobilization in Greece, 1912–1924

One of the ways in which the Bolshevik paradigm influenced socialist politics in Greece was through the dissemination of anti-nationalist and anti-war theses. An important part of the struggle inside the Socialist Workers’ Party (SEKE) concerning its ‘bolshevization’ revolved around the various dimensions of the national question. This paper gives an account of the development of internationalism in Greece during the ‘war decade’, and illustrates the extent to which this development constituted a significant break with the past of Greek radicalism. The factors that created a favourable environment for the influence of the anti-nationalist politics of the Russian revolution included the renegotiation of national bonds after the Balkan Wars, the hardships of a prolonged war and the political repertoire available for the articulation of popular discontent

Communism · Economic history · Mobilization · Nationalism · Political economy · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Law