Second International

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The Second International was a federation of socialist and labor parties founded in 1889 that played a key role in coordinating international workers’ movements and advancing socialist politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federation of political parties
political international
socialist organization
alsoKnownAs Socialist International
surface form: Socialist International (1889–1916)
country none
dissolved 1916
fieldOfWork electoral socialism
trade unionism
workers' rights
followedBy Socialist International
surface form: Labour and Socialist International

Socialist International
surface form: Socialist International (post‑World War II)
founded 1889
foundedIn Paris
foundedInCountry France
hasPart Austrian Social Democratic Party
surface form: Austrian Social Democratic Workers' Party

Belgian Socialist Party
surface form: Belgian Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)
surface form: British Labour Party

French Section of the Workers' International
surface form: French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO)

Social Democratic Party of Germany
surface form: German Social Democratic Party (SPD)

Italian Socialist Party
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (factions participated)
headquartersLocation Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
historicalRole coordination of socialist and labour parties internationally
development of Marxist theory in parliamentary democracies
ideology Marxism
democratic socialism
socialism
keyFigure Eduard Bernstein
surface form: August Bebel

Eduard Bernstein
Friedrich Engels
Jean Jaurès
Karl Kautsky
Rosa Luxemburg
Vladimir Lenin
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
German
memberOf international socialist movement
notableResolution establishment of International Workers' Day on 1 May
opposition to militarism and colonialism (pre‑1914)
support for the eight‑hour workday
organizedEvent International Socialist Congress of Amsterdam 1904
International Socialist Congress of Basel 1912
International Socialist Congress of Brussels 1891
International Socialist Congress of Copenhagen 1910
International Socialist Congress of London 1896
Second International self-linksurface differs
surface form: International Socialist Congress of Paris 1889

International Socialist Congress of Paris 1900
International Socialist Congress of Stuttgart 1907
International Socialist Congress of Zurich 1893
politicalPosition left‑wing
precededBy First International
reasonForDecline split over support for World War I

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International Workers’ Day promotedBy Second International
Second International organizedEvent Second International self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: International Socialist Congress of Paris 1889
Poale Zion alignedWith Second International
Reform or Revolution associatedWith Second International
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific influenced Second International
First International followedBy Second International
First International influenced Second International
Third International predecessor Second International
Jean Jaurès movement Second International
Socialist Party of Canada influencedBy Second International
Eduard Bernstein memberOf Second International
IWA influenced Second International
subject surface form: International Workingmen's Association
Jules Guesde participatedIn Second International
Julius Martov participantIn Second International
Red Banner associatedWith Second International
The Mass Strike associatedWith Second International
Die Neue Zeit associatedWith Second International
Eleanor Marx memberOf Second International
Narrow Socialists influencedBy Second International