‘Deserter in Scandinavia’: Augustin Souchy, Transregional Networks, and the Scandinavian Syndicalist Press, 1914-1919
Anarchist Studies - ISSN 2633-8270
Volume 33 Number 1 (2025)
‘Deserter in Scandinavia’: Augustin Souchy, Transregional Networks, and the Scandinavian Syndicalist Press, 1914-1919
Ole Birk Laursen pages 8‑28
DOI: 10.3898/AS.33.1.01
Abstract
This article explores the Scandinavian syndicalist movement during the First World War through the experiences of the German anarchist Augustin Souchy. Exiled to Scandinavia in 1914, his five years in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark illuminate the revolutionary impetus of the Scandinavian syndicalist movement and, simultaneously, the crucial role of the revolutionary press – editors, distributors, translators, contributors, and correspondents – in forging transregional networks of solidarity across national borders. In fact, beyond the pragmatic function of publishing anarchist propaganda, this article highlights that the community around the revolutionary press in Scandinavia provided sanctuary and refuge for exiled revolutionaries such as Souchy.
To cite this article
Ole Birk Laursen (2025) ‘Deserter in Scandinavia’: Augustin Souchy, Transregional Networks, and the Scandinavian Syndicalist Press, 1914-1919, Anarchist Studies, 33(1), 8-28 . https://doi.org/10.3898/AS.33.1.01