Sources with the tag 'internationalism'

The East and the War

Open letters from the Egyptian revolutionary Dr Rifat to the German Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg published and commented on by an anonymous anti-colonial journalist in the Dutch-Indonesian weekly…

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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
Tags: anti-British, anti-colonialism, Dutch, Dutch East Indies, Egypt, German Revolutionary Program, internationalism, Netherlands, newspapers, pro-German, Propaganda

East and West in the War

Newspaper article by the Dutch writer Henri Borel on the entry of British and French colonial troops in the war. The article 'East and West in the War' was published in the colonial newspaper…

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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Neutrality; Mobility; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
Tags: anti-colonialism, Colonial Troops, Dutch, France, Great-Britain, imperial strategy, India, internationalism, Race, The Netherlands, writer

In the Light of the Flame of War

Cover and extracts from In the Light of the Flame of War, an essay on the meaning of the war by the Dutch writer Frederik van Eeden, based on his lectures given in late 1914 and 1915 and published in…

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Themes: Religion; Race; Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
Tags: essay, internationalism, Neutrality, Pacifism, public intellectual, The Netherlands, Van Eeden

Letter from Romain Rolland to Frederik van Eeden, 12 January 1915

On 24 January 1915, the Dutch writer Frederik van Eeden published a letter written by his close friend, the French writer Romain Rolland, in the Dutch weekly De Amsterdammer. In his letter to van…

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Themes: Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Letter; Intellectual Exchange
Tags: Europe, French, internationalism, open letter, public intellectual, Rolland, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Van Eeden, writer

For Europe: An appeal from Holland to intellectuals of all nations

In these two extracts from Au-dessus de la mêlée, Rolland first discusses the rise of the Dutch Anti-War Association in October 1914, then moves onto the Association's translated manifesto…

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Themes: Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange
Tags: Europe, internationalism, Language, Neutrality, Rolland, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Van Eeden

To my Friends in the East and in the West

In this pseudo-mystic poem originally written in German, the Dutch writer and famous internationalist Frederik van Eeden expressed his belief in the rise of a new internationalist world from the ashes…

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Themes: Poem; Newspapers & Magazines; Neutrality; Language; Intellectual Exchange
Tags: French, German, internationalism, Netherlands, newspapers, Poem, Rolland, Switzerland, Translation, Van Eeden

Patriotism, Love for Humanity and Education

In 1916, the female, Jewish, Dutch writer Carry van Bruggen published the essay ‘Patriotism, Love for Humanity and Education' as a scathing complaint against the rise of patriotism in the…

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Themes: Religion; Race; Propaganda; Neutrality; Language; Imperial Strategy
Tags: anti-colonialism, Gender, internationalism, Jewish, nationalism, The Netherlands, writer

Imperialism, World War and Social Democracy

Essay by the Dutch poet and socialist Herman Gorter on the First World War, imperialism, and the International (an international organisation of socialist parties). The essay was published in…

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Themes: Race; Neutrality; Intellectual Exchange; Imperial Strategy
Tags: anti-colonialism, Dutch, essay, imperial strategy, internationalism, Neutrality, public intellectual, revolution, socialism, The Netherlands, writer