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Class War

on

the Home Front



Originally published by Wildcat in 1986

Comprising articles from the pages of Solidarity, the paper of the Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation, and commentaries by Wildcat.

 

"This pamphlet chronicles the hidden history of revolutionary opposition to the Second World War through a collection of articles which originally appeared in the APCF's newspaper, Solidarity, between 1939 and 1944. Other articles include contributions from Paul Mattick and Anton Pannekoek.

"The powerful arguments put forward by the APCF to support their case that all out struggle against capitalism is the ONLY meaningful opposition to war are as true and as relevant today as ever before. Their call for the 'destruction of ALL Imperialism by the Proletarian World Revolution' must be taken up to prevent the horrors of the last war being repeated again." Wildcat 1986.



Contents

Brief History of the APCF  
Part One: Principles and Tactics  

  • APCF Aims

  • Principles and Tactics of the APCF

  • Dictatorship

  • To Anti-Parliamentarians

  • The People's Convention

  • Workers v the State
Part Two: The Civil War in Spain  

  • An Armistice?

  • The Friends of Durruti Accuse.
 
Part Three: The Second World War

  • Resist War

  • John McGovern and War

  • A Second Front

  • The 20 Year Pact

  • Freedom of Speech and the Daily Worker

  •  Socialists and the Army

  • While Workers Die

  • The Historic Consequences of the War

  • India

  • Resist War

  • John McGovern and War

  • A Second Front

  • The 20 Year Pact

  • Freedom of Speech and the Daily Worker

  •  Socialists and the Army

  • While Workers Die

  • The Historic Consequences of the War

  • India

  • Looting at Luton

  • The Royal Sacrifice

  • Gandhi's Pacifism Exposed

  • Axis Workers Show the Way

  • Events and Trends by Icarus

  • War and Fascism

  • The Turning Tide
 

Part Four: Party and Class

  

  • Leadership by James Kennedy

  • The Party and the Working Class by Anton Pannekoek

  • The Party and the Working Class by Frank Maitland

  • Our Reply (APCF)

  • The Party and the Working Class by Paul Mattick

  • Do the Workers Need a Party? By Abraham Zeigler

  • For Workers Councils by Frank Maitland

  • Where We Stand (APCF/WRL)
 
Afterword by Wildcat