Transatlantic Radicalism: Socialist and Anarchist Exchanges in the 19th and 20th Centuries (Studies in Labour History LUP)

The Atlantic Ocean not only connected the Americas with Europe through trade routes, but also provided the basis for a stead exchange of knowledge and ideas, including political radicalism. Socialist and anarchists would use this 'radical ocean' to escape state prosecution in their home countries, and establish radical milieus abroad. However, this was often a rather unorganised development and therefore the ties that existed were quite diverse. The movement of individuals led to the establishment of organisational ties, the import and exchange of political publications between Europe and the Americas, as well as vice versa. To show the transatlantic networks of political radicalism evolved, with regard to socialist and anarchist milieus in particular, is the main aim of the present book and it therefore looks at actors within the relevant processes, that have so far been not of interest for the major histories of transnational political radicalism in the lat 19th and early 20th centuries. Individual case studies will consequently be merged with a broader context to show how networks were actually created, functioning, and impacting the history of the radical Atlantic. "The Atlantic Ocean not only connected North and South America with Europe through trade but also provided the means for an exchange of knowledge and ideas, including political radicalism. Socialists and anarchists would use this “radical ocean” to escape state prosecution in their home countries and establish radical milieus abroad. However, this was often a rather unorganized development and therefore the connections that existed were quite diverse. The movement of individuals led to the establishment of organizational ties and the import and exchange of political publications between Europe and the Americas. The main aim of this book is to show how the transatlantic networks of political radicalism evolved with regard to socialist and anarchist milieus and in particular to look at the actors within the relevant processes--topics that have so far been neglected in the major histories of transnational political radicalism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Individual case studies are examined within a wider context to show how networks were actually created, how they functioned and their impact on the broader history of the radical Atlantic" The Atlantic Ocean not only connected North and South America with Europe through trade but also provided the means for an exchange of knowledge and ideas, including political radicalism. Socialists and anarchists would use this "radical ocean" to escape state prosecution in their home countries and establish radical milieus abroad. However, this was often a rather unorganized development and therefore the connections that existed were quite diverse. The movement of individuals led to the establishment of organizational ties and the import and exchange of political publications between Europe and the Americas. The main aim of this book is to show how the transatlantic networks of political radicalism evolved with regard to socialist and anarchist milieus and in particular to look at the actors within the relevant processes--topics that have so far been neglected in the major histories of transnational political radicalism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Individu... Publisher description Cover 1 Contents 5 List of Figures 7 1. Transatlatic Radicalism: A Short Introduction 9 I. Organizational Ties and Radical Press Networks 29 2. An Entangled World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century 31 3. The Italian Anarchists’ Network in São Paulo at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century 65 4. The Panama Papers 91 5. Man! and the International Group 117 II. Individual Perspectives 135 6. Global Master Workman 137 7. Transatlantic Workers’ Solidarity 159 8. “Alles z’Unterobsi” 179 9. Damned to Do Nothing 199 10. Ossip K. Flechtheim (1909–1998) 229 11. Concluding Remarks 257 List of Contributors 263 Index 267 Radical individuals, like anarchists and socialists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were quite active when it came to crossing borders, creating radical networks, especially across the Atlantic Ocean. The creation, the functioning, and the impact of these networks will be analysed in detail in the present book