Anti-Fascism, Gender, and International Communism: The Comite Mondial des Femmes contre la Guerre et le Fascisme, 1934 - 1941

Anti-Fascism, Gender, and International Communism provides a comprehensive history of the Comite mondial des femmes contre la guerre et le fascisme (CMF), an international womens organization that confronted the impact of fascism on women and children worldwide. By examining the committees key figures, strategies, connections, and campaigns, the book offers a significant contribution to the histories of womens activism and anti-fascist activism. The CMF's association with international communism and the Popular Front movement placed it at the forefront of global debates about the threat posed by fascism and imperialism. The book explores how professional women activists and working-class women developed the committee and utilized physical spaces and literary formats to coordinate anti-fascist actions through its expansive and ambitious campaigns.

Format: Hardback
Length: 204 pages
Publication date: 04 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Anti-Fascism, Gender, and International Communism offers a comprehensive history of the Comite mondial des femmes contre la guerre et le fascisme (CMF), an international women's organization dedicated to addressing the impact of fascism on women and children worldwide. While women played a significant role in the international struggle against fascism during the interwar period, their contributions have often been overshadowed by the focus on men and political figures in the historiography. This book seeks to rectify that oversight by examining the key figures, strategies, connections, and campaigns of the CMF. By positioning the CMF as an important contributor to international political advocacy in the interwar period, it offers a valuable contribution to the histories of both women's activism and anti-fascist activism.

Moreover, the CMF's association with international communism and the burgeoning Popular Front movement placed it at the forefront of global debates about the threat posed by fascism and imperialism. This book explores how professional women activists and working-class women who populated the organization developed a committee that advocated for women on a global scale. It charts how the CMF utilized a variety of physical spaces and literary formats to coordinate anti-fascist actions through its expansive and ambitious campaigns.

The author also demonstrates the close connections between the Communist International and the CMF as a communist front organization, providing context for the group's decision-making and prioritization of certain campaigns over others. This book will be of interest to scholars of anti-fascism, feminism, women's history, communism, activism, internationalism, anti-imperialism, and more.

Weight: 560g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367720483