Chapter 5 ‘Make Scandinavia a bulwark against fascism!’ : Hitler’s sei…

Hitler’s seizure of power on 30 January 1933 provided an urgent impetus to stage transnational anti-fascist conferences and rallies on a global scale. One of the first, but almost completely overlooked major conferences was organised in Copenhagen in April 1933 in the form of a Scandinavian Anti-Fascist Conference. The chapter will use the event as a prism to look backwards at anti-fascist ac…

Untold stories of the Spanish Civil War

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England and Portugal in Africa

THE attention of Europe has increasingly of late years been turned in the direction of Africa, and there has been an endeavour on the part of Powers, hitherto careless of colonial possessions, to secure some part of the rich continent of Africa for themselves. Thus Germany and Italy have acquired large territories in that part of the world, while England, France and Spain, especially the two fo…

Contesting Austerity Social Movements and the Left in Portugal and Spain (20…

Despite the historical and political similarities between Portugal and Spain, the contentious responses to austerity diverged in terms of number, rhythm and players. This book compares the contentious responses to austerity in Portugal and Spain during the Eurozone crisis and the Great Recession between 2008 and 2015. While in Spain a sustained wave of mobilisation lasted for three years, invol…