General Council

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The General Council was the central governing body of the International Workingmen’s Association (First International), coordinating its activities and policies across different countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf central governing body
executive organ
governing council
appliesToJurisdiction European labour movement
international
chairperson Karl Marx
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1872
fieldOfWork international labour coordination
socialism
trade unionism
workers’ movement
hasMember Antoni Zabicki
Benjamin Lucraft
Edward Spencer Beesly
Eugène Dupont
Friedrich Engels
George Odger
Hermann Jung
Johann Georg Eccarius
Johann Philipp Becker NERFINISHED
John Hales
Karl Marx
Lucien Serraillier NERFINISHED
Paul Lafargue
Peter Fox
Thomas Mottershead
William Randal Cremer
hasResponsibility administration of the International Workingmen’s Association
convening congresses of the International Workingmen’s Association
coordination of national sections of the International Workingmen’s Association
correspondence between sections
formulation of common policies
headquartersLocation London, England
surface form: London
inception 1864
languageUsed English
French
German
location London, England
surface form: London
parentOrganization First International
International Workingmen's Association
surface form: International Workingmen’s Association
partOf First International
International Workingmen's Association
surface form: International Workingmen’s Association
replacedBy General Council of the International Workingmen's Association
surface form: Federal Council of the International Workingmen’s Association
role central governing body of the International Workingmen’s Association
coordination of activities and policies across different countries
significantEvent Hague Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
surface form: Hague Congress of 1872

conflict with followers of Mikhail Bakunin
decision to transfer the General Council to New York
internal conflicts with anarchist factions

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First International hadPosition General Council