First World War Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

November 1918: When workers revolution ended war

By Kevin Henry “The old lie: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” – It is sweet and honourable to die for ones country. This is how Wilfred Owen summed up the attitude of a generation sent to war under the illusion

Nov 18, 2018

The Living Legacy of the October Revolution

On the centenary of the October Revolution Eddie McCabe looks at the key events and conditions that brought about the world’s first socialist revolution and also explores the decisive leadership given by Lenin, Trotsky and the Bolshevik party.

Nov 6, 2017

Theory & History

Slaughter at the Somme – one hundred years on

By Kevin Henry Between 1 July and 18 November, 1916 the bloodiest and largest battle of the First World War took place on both sides of the Somme River. In the first day almost 60,000 soldiers where killed; greater than the total

Jul 12, 2016

First World War

November 1918: When workers revolution ended war

Slaughter at the Somme – one hundred years on

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden