“The struggle against war and its social source, capitalism, presupposes direct, active, unequivocal support to the oppressed colonial peoples in their struggles and wars against imperialism. A 'neutral' position is tantamount to support of imperialism.”

"Resolution on the Antiwar Congress of the London Bureau" (July 1936)

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Marxist revolutionary from Russia 1879–1940

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"Resolution on the Antiwar Congress of the London Bureau" (July 1936)