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This book examines the theme of internationalism, in the form of opposition to nationalism, racism and war, in the context of French history, and in particular of the French socialist and working-class movement. Beginning with the defence of Dreyfus against anti-Semitism, it covers antimilitarism before 1914, opposition to the First World War, the advent of Communism, then the rise of Stalinism, fraternisation with German soldiers during the Nazi occupation, and support for national independence in Indochina and Algeria. It looks at individuals and political organisations, many of them neglected by mainstream history, who argued against nationalism and took practical action in defence of internationalist principles.
Ian Birchall is a Marxist historian and translator. He is the author of multiple books, including A Rebel's Guide to Lenin, Sartre against Stalinism, Bailing Out the System, and The Spectre of Babeuf.
Lucie Rondeau du Noyer is a PhD candidate in the History of Economic Thought. Her research focuses on energy and development thinking in colonial and post-colonial contexts.
Jim Wolfreys is a Reader in French and European Politics at King's College London. He is the author of The Politics of Racism in France (with Peter Fysh).
Leo Zeilig is a writer, novelist, and researcher. He is the author of A Revolutionary for Our Time: The Walter Rodney Story , The World Turned Upside Down, Frantz Fanon: A Political Biography, the novel Eddie the Kid, and many more.
Matt Myers is a Departmental Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Oxford. He is the author of The Halted March of the European Left: The Working Class in Britain, France, and Italy, 1968–1989 and Student Revolt Voices of the Austerity Generation.
