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    AHC: industrial action/strikes prevent a world war from starting, or stop it in its tracks

    @raharris1973 How do you think that the Franco-Russians are going to view an unofficial assembly in Bosnia in the TL in the post right above? Seems like recognizing such an assembly could have very dangerous precedents, no? It could mean that an unofficial assembly in any country could be used...
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    AHC: industrial action/strikes prevent a world war from starting, or stop it in its tracks

    Yes, exactly. Look at this TL, for instance: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ausgang-on-the-ausgleich.2679/ The French working-class don't rebel there, but Serbia does intervene in Bosnia there in an attempt at an imperialist land grab. I could also see the French working-class...
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    AHC: industrial action/strikes prevent a world war from starting, or stop it in its tracks

    I just feel that there would be greater odds of this then (though not guaranteed by any means) because such a war would be more blatantly perceived as being imperialist whereas in 1914 at least the French left could say that they were fighting a war for Serbia's self-defense and continued...
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    AHC: industrial action/strikes prevent a world war from starting, or stop it in its tracks

    Unlikely to happen in 1914, but if war doesn't break out that year and instead things spiral out of control in 1917 once FJ dies and FF acquires the Austro-Hungarian thrones, then I could certainly see the French working-class not wanting to die in an imperialist war so that Serbia could acquire...
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