World War I
Why did New Zealand suffer the worst casualty rate in World War I?
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As a participant in this lie of the “war to end all wars” New Zealand had achieved the unique result of suffering the highest military casualty rate of any nation involved in that war.
1916: Use workers’ power to end the war
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Karl Liebknecht 1916: ‘Down with the war; down with the government!’
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The Kiental Manifesto: Socialists against war, 1916
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ANZACs: New film reveals what should not be forgotten -- or forgiven
See also "Australia & New Zealand: The imperialist reality behind ANZAC myth". For more on World War I, click HERE
Film by John Rainford and Peter Ewer
April 24, 2015 -- Green Left TV/Green Left Weekly//Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- As the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC's ill-fated Gallipoli campaign approaches, this timely short film cuts through the myth making, and shows with damning facts how lives were used as fodder as strategic and tactical blunders led to the slaughter of so many.
It reveals the context behind the Gallipoli campaign - a war fought because the world had been cut up into colonies by the major powers who were now battling for the spoils.
The film shows exactly why the terrible ANZAC Cove campaign should never be forgotten — and the crimes of the warmongers responsible never forgiven.
Saudi Arabia’s lesser known exports after oil: Wahhabism and pro-imperialism
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US President Barack Obama fetes the late King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
By Rupen Savoulian
1915: When socialist women united against WWI
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Clara Zetkin.
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Socialists and World War I: Turn the imperialist war into a civil war
It has been a hundred years since the outbreak of the First World War.