A History of the Labor Anti-War Committee, 1934-1938

Abstract

Many Australians are aware of the activities, during the 1930s, of the Movement Against War and Fascism (MAW&F). Few people, how ever, appear to be conversant with the existence of the Labor Anti-War Committee (LAWC), an organisation that existed concurrently with MAW&F, and was its direct rival for the allegiance of workers in Vic toria. Historians have given scant attention to LAWC. D. W. Rawson has presented a very brief outline of its history,1 and E. M. Andrews has recorded the occasions of its formal establishment and demise.2 Yet