On War

As a cofounder of the Fabian society, an equal rights campaigner and an ardent socialist, Shaw was never known to shy away from controversy, and was accused of treason for the 1914 publication Common Sense About the War , in which he affronted patriots and the government alike. His vehemently anti-war stance is almost prophetic in its progressive nature, and holds particular resonance in today’s climate of unrest.