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Socialism & War <br> | Socialism & War <br> | ||
Page two of Volume 3 of <b><i>The Little Review</i></b> features a full page ad for a book By Louis B. Boudin named: “Socialism and War.” According to the ad, this book features ideas about Socialism and Imperialism. World War I, known as the “Great War” in this ad, was a consequence of Imperialism. “Socialism collapsed” says Boudin, but he also claims that socialist thought is what eventually caused Imperialism to arise in Europe. Socialist thoughts began as countries wanted to trade and distribute goods to other countries. However Imperialism was eventually introduced as countries wanted more control over goods and attempted to take over other countries. The secret society that assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand wanted to break off Austria-Hungary’s control of the South Slav provinces which later sparked the beginning of World War I. <br> | Page two of Volume 3 of <b><i>The Little Review</i></b> features a full page ad for a book By Louis B. Boudin named: “Socialism and War.” According to the ad, this book features ideas about Socialism and Imperialism. World War I, known as the “Great War” in this ad, was a consequence of Imperialism. “Socialism collapsed” says Boudin, but he also claims that socialist thought is what eventually caused Imperialism to arise in Europe. Socialist thoughts began as countries wanted to trade and distribute goods to other countries. However Imperialism was eventually introduced as countries wanted more control over goods and attempted to take over other countries. The secret society that assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand wanted to break off Austria-Hungary’s control of the South Slav provinces which later sparked the beginning of World War I. <br> | ||
| − | This ties into the anarchy theme, as <b><i>The Little Review</i></b> often ties socialism to | + | This ties into the anarchy theme, as <b><i>The Little Review</i></b> often ties socialism to anarcho-communism, or an anarchist society with free cooperation and no power structure, as opposed to a socialist state. The ad is blaming imperialism and, by extension, capitalism for the existence of war, which ties into the anarcho-communist views of the magazine. |
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<a href="https://library.brown.edu/pdfs/1293026818889875.pdf"> 1916-06/07 </a> <br> | <a href="https://library.brown.edu/pdfs/1293026818889875.pdf"> 1916-06/07 </a> <br> | ||
| − | Volume 3. No 4, page | + | Volume 3. No 4, page 21 <br> |
The Irish Revolutionists by Padraic Colum <br> | The Irish Revolutionists by Padraic Colum <br> | ||
| − | This piece focuses on the death of three Irish | + | This piece focuses on the death of three Irish revolutionary poets. The poets are: Padraic Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, and Joseph Plunkett. At the beginning of World War I in 1914, Ireland was a part of Great Britain. In 1916, Ireland began revolting against Britain to gain their independence and break away from Britain. The three poets were part of the Easter Rising in 1916, where a rebellion was launched to end British rule in Ireland. It ended with unconditional surrender of the rebel forces and most of the leaders were executed. |
| − | The article is clearly in favor of the poets as it describes them as “Brave, honorable, and distinguished lives.” It claims that the loss of these leaders did not only effect Ireland, but the whole world. It continues with a personal poem from each poet then ends with a passage about each poet and how their actions helped shape the revolution. The constant praise features how passionately <b><i>The Little Review</i></b> feels about these political issues during World War I. It has no problem in pointing out how crudely an English journal published pictures of the revolutionists with a picture of the one who ordered their executions. The article states that the poets have “Intellectual and spiritual faces” while the general who ordered their death has “the face of a man who could never liberate himself.” | + | The article is clearly in favor of the poets as it describes them as “Brave, honorable, and distinguished lives.” It claims that the loss of these leaders did not only effect Ireland, but the whole world. It continues with a personal poem from each poet then ends with a passage about each poet and how their actions helped shape the revolution. The constant praise features how passionately <b><i>The Little Review</i></b> feels about these political issues during World War I. It has no problem in pointing out how crudely an English journal published pictures of the revolutionists with a picture of the one who ordered their executions. The article states that the poets have “Intellectual and spiritual faces” while the general who ordered their death has “the face of a man who could never liberate himself.” <br> |
| + | Again, this ties into the anarchist view of a society free from the state. Padraic Colum clearly is not a fan of the British Government, who he describes as simultaneously "exploiting the sympathy" of society toward a young poet, while also executing the three aforementioned Irish poets. He places their, in his opinion unjustified and unacceptable, deaths on the British Government, helping make the magazines argument toward anarchism stronger. | ||
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<a href="https://library.brown.edu/pdfs/1299783092750000.pdf"> Autumn 22 </a> | <a href="https://library.brown.edu/pdfs/1299783092750000.pdf"> Autumn 22 </a> | ||
