Era of Revolution

The **Era of Revolution,** sometimes called the Interwar Period characterizes the time period after the end of the Great War in July of 1917 to the present day. Its name refers to the immense global upheaval experienced by most countries, arguably beginning with the German Civil War. Over the course of less than 20 years, major countries across the world would collapse and fall into revolution while the economy would be thrown off balance in a manner that, still to this day has seen little recovery in the wake of multiple events including the British, French and American Civil Wars. With the threat of a new world war breaking out in the next few years, some people predict that civilization itself might collapse, but those fears are quite limited.

# **History**

## **The beginning of the end**

The Great War was arguably the catalyst for the start of the Era of Revolution in Germany. Without any support and with a corrupt government, the German state spiraled into civil war that sent shockwaves throughout the rest of Europe. With syndicalism emerging triumphant in the country, a beaten German Union vowed to destroy global capitalism from within, and many events that destabilized the rest of the world can be traced back to German meddling, most famously being the Russian Civil War, which itself was a catalyst for many other events.

With most of the British Empire in tatters by 1920 after an unexpected Egyptian revolt turned world powers against London, America and France laid isolated and weaken. As more and more nations fell into disarray, the major powers of the world could do little to stop instability from growing, putting an end to the United States of America and the 3rd Republic of France.

# **Economic ramifications**

Starting the year near of 1936, the global economy has still been unable to recover from numerous losses, most importantly the United States of America, and poverty is a situation most in the non-socialist world are suffering from. Even so, in the socialist bloc, there is economic stagnation and few developments on consumer goods. Many foods, such as coffee, chocolate and tea are a privilege to have in Germany, the Peoples' Union of America, Russia and many other countries, as the French Civil War decimated coffee and chocolate production in West Africa.

# **Social impacts**

As the past 20 years have brought nothing but pain, death and suffering for the majority of the world, pacifism and the anti-war movement have grown rapidly in China, Russia, Western Europe and the Americas. Many people are reluctant to support a possible new world war after seeing the death and carnage the Great War brought.

It wasn't just the anti-war movement that gained traction, but many movements sprung up in one way or another.

## **Négritude and Black nationalism**

Arguably beginning with the independence of Jamaica and the intense nationalistic sentiment that followed, the African community has experienced a huge popularity of the "Négritude" movement. Arising in France shortly after the civil war and the proclamation of the 4th Republic of France, and being influenced from the Black Liberation Front, the Négritude movement is an anti-colonial left-leaning organization with the aim of promoting an appreciation of the history and culture of black people and exposing the oppressive ruling of European countries that colonized Africa and the Caribbean.