The object of our conversation was first mentioned almost a century ago, in 1927, in the archives of the city of Cardiff (Great Britain), as a "resistance society" (Firior), which was quite relevant in the interwar years. It included all strata of the population: from the poor and workers to the aristocrats and nobility. It is not surprising that on the ruins of powerful empires and general devastation, among the disadvantaged groups and other problems of the "Old World", associations appeared that wanted to achieve the same goals: freedom and equality of all people, recognition of the independence of colonial countries, social justice, etc. but in different ways. However, why would the motley "partisans" become united? And what makes this organization so different from others like it?
The beginning of the "Battle"
The first results of the activities of the "Battle" organization were noticed in February 1928, when they managed to establish self-government in Transjordan (Jordan today) with the help of the "51% problem", and already in April they put significant pressure on the top of Egypt, thereby, legalizing freedom of speech there. Also in June of that year, Battle began a successful campaign in Britain to lower the voting age for women to 21.
Then, after the success at home, "Battle" expanded and acquired branches in Europe [La lutte (fr.); Strek je gevecht (belg.); Cath (irl.); Savaş (tur.) And others] and in America [UGOA (USA); Berserks (can.); Guerrero (mex.); Aluta (braz.) Agha ah (transl.) And others], but everything could not go smoothly for a long time …
Organizational split
Since 1932, "Battle" and its branches began to have internal disagreements and misunderstandings on various issues: funding, illogical decisions, or simply cultural differences. By this time, the "Battle" itself consisted almost entirely of aristocrats and nobles, because it was they who could financially help smaller groups around the world. Because of this, the largest spy network collapsed into dozens of smaller organizations, but no less powerful. However, they later changed their guidelines and principles in connection with the political situation in the world. UGOA and La lutte, for example, chose the communist path, because in both countries, at that time, “voluntary-compulsory capitalism and democracy”, as the leaders of these movements wrote. Some, such as the Guerrero and the Berserks, have set the course for a strong nation-state. Others chose the path of fascism or Nazism, having won. And only a few, such as Agha ah, Strek je gevecht and Savaş, remained true to the original ideals.
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Archival photographs of some of the organizations that emerged from the Battle.
Development after World War II
After the bloodiest war in history, the collapse of the League of Nations and the beginning of hard work on the redivision of the destroyed world, an organization arose that changed the world. The UN, being a strong association, gradually arranged the world at its discretion, dividing Europe, rebuilding Africa and settling internal conflicts of small countries. She began to interfere with the organizations that came out from under the wing of "Battle" and as a result, most of them were self-disbanded.
You will never guess if everyone agreed to disband their groups? Right! Therefore, those who remained from fighters for the right things turned into radicals opposing themselves to the government. They began to split parliaments, undermine government transport, organize rallies or even full-fledged revolutions. An example is the military revolution in Brazil in 1964.
Personnel of that revolution.
The military revolution in Brazil is far from the only case of the overthrow of power in a country where, in one way or another, there was a branch of "Battle". And what about herself? History is silent about this. After all, with the beginning of the Second World War, the rich obviously managed to save themselves and their capital by substituting poorer comrades under the arms. What is left to do when you are saving yourself with money? Correctly, safely hide and hide well. So what prevented them and their descendants from being close to the authorities or within the UN itself, building the world for themselves, forgetting about the original ideals because of money? Also nothing. And looking at today's world, which is about to burst at the seams thanks to the hatred boiling at the tops of everyone, at all the senseless revolutions and the persecution of people against each other, the statement thatthat "Battle" has become as close as possible to the echalons of power does not seem stupid.