Presentations by Streams

In the recent years socialist internationalism and attendant practices of solidarity have gained more attention among scholars. This panel, however, will shift the perspective and explore the practices of solidarity inside the socialist societies after the Second World War. It will investigate the ways in which solidarity was integrated into societal infrastructure, local institutions, or enterprises, what solidarity meant or was understood by the people who experienced and practiced it in their local environment. The panel, divided into two parts, brings together examples from Cuba, East Germany, and Yugoslavia, and shows how practices of domestic solidarity emerged and were supported both from above and below as well as formally and informally.