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- Title
A worm's-eye view of Finland?
- Authors
Morgan, Kevin
- Abstract
When Finland was invaded by the USSR in 1939, it was a 'quiet corner' of Europe little known to most British socialists. Amidst the mass of publicity and polemic that the ensuing Winter War provoked, this article focuses on the delegation sent to Finland by the National Council of Labour in January-February 1940. In particular it focuses on the TUC general secretary Walter Citrine and his book My Finnish Diary, published as a Penguin Special. In these and other contemporary texts, Finland was depicted as a model democracy in a conception that was antagonistic to communism internationally and could justify the suppression of communist activities domestically. The moment was not to last and with the Anglo-Soviet alliance of the later war years Finland, now an ally of Nazi Germany, was once more largely forgotten.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; FINNISH politics &; government; SOCIALISM; COMMUNISM; HISTORY; HISTORY of socialism
- Publication
Socialist History, 2015, Vol 47, p33
- ISSN
0969-4331
- Publication type
Article