Geneva Congress of the International Workingmen's Association

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The Geneva Congress of the International Workingmen's Association was an early major gathering of socialist and labor delegates in Geneva that helped shape the program and organizational direction of the First International.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf congress
event in the history of socialism
international conference
alsoKnownAs 1866 Geneva Congress
Geneva Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
surface form: Geneva Congress
chronologicalOrder first general congress of the International Workingmen's Association
country Switzerland
endTime 1866-09-08
followedBy Lausanne Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
follows founding meeting of the International Workingmen's Association in London 1864
hasEffect helped shape the program of the First International
influenced the organizational structure of the First International
strengthened international coordination of labor movements
hasParticipant Belgian workers' organizations
British workers' organizations
French workers' organizations
German workers' organizations
Italian workers' organizations
Swiss workers' organizations
delegates of workers' organizations
socialist delegates
trade union delegates
historicalPeriod 19th-century labor movement
location Geneva
movement international labor movement
socialist movement
organizedBy General Council of the International Workingmen's Association
partOf First International
International Workingmen's Association
pointInTime September 1866
significance early major gathering of socialist and labor delegates
one of the foundational congresses of the First International
significantPerson César De Paepe
Eugène Dupont
Friedrich Engels
James Guillaume
Johann Philipp Becker NERFINISHED
Karl Marx
startTime 1866-09-03
topic cooperatives
international solidarity of workers
limitation of the working day
organization of the working class
political action of the working class
relationship between economic and political struggle
trade unions
workers' education

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International Workingmen's Association notableEvent Geneva Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
International Workingmen's Association documentedIn Geneva Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
this entity surface form: Inaugural Address of the International Workingmen's Association
IWA significantEvent Geneva Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
subject surface form: International Workingmen's Association
this entity surface form: Geneva Congress of 1866
Geneva Congress of the International Workingmen's Association alsoKnownAs Geneva Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
this entity surface form: Geneva Congress
Lausanne Congress of the International Workingmen's Association follows Geneva Congress of the International Workingmen's Association