International Workingmen's Association

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The International Workingmen's Association was a 19th-century transnational organization that united various socialist, communist, anarchist, and labor groups in Europe and beyond to coordinate the working-class struggle.

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instanceOf 19th-century political organization
international organization
labor organization
socialist organization
workers' association
alsoKnownAs First International
conflict split between Marxists and Bakuninist anarchists
continent Europe
country United Kingdom
dissolved 1876
documentedIn International Workingmen's Association self-linksurface differs
surface form: General Rules of the International Workingmen's Association

Geneva Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
surface form: Inaugural Address of the International Workingmen's Association

The Civil War in France
founded 1864-09-28
hasMember American labor organizations
Belgian workers' organizations
British trade unions
French workers' societies
German socialist groups
Italian republican and socialist groups
Spanish anarchist groups
Swiss workers' sections
hasMotto Workers of all countries, unite!
hasPart International Workingmen's Association self-linksurface differs
surface form: General Council of the International Workingmen's Association
hasPurpose advocacy of workers' rights
coordination of working-class struggle
overthrow of capitalist system
promotion of international solidarity of workers
support for labor movements
headquartersLocation London, England
surface form: London
ideology anarchism
communism
socialism
trade unionism
influenced European socialist parties
Marxist political theory
Second International
anarchist movement
international trade union movement
influencedBy 1848 revolutions
surface form: Revolutions of 1848

industrialization in Europe
keyPerson Charles Longuet
César De Paepe
Friedrich Engels
Giuseppe Garibaldi
James Guillaume
Johann Georg Eccarius
Karl Marx
Mikhail Bakunin
Paul Lafargue
Victor Hugo
language English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
locationOfFormation London, England
surface form: London
notableEvent Basel Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
Geneva Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
Hague Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
Lausanne Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
positionOn support for the Paris Commune
shortName IWA

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Mikhail Bakunin memberOf International Workingmen's Association
Karl Marx memberOf International Workingmen's Association
International Workingmen's Association hasPart International Workingmen's Association self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: General Council of the International Workingmen's Association
International Workingmen's Association documentedIn International Workingmen's Association self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: General Rules of the International Workingmen's Association
First International officialName International Workingmen's Association
First International governingBody International Workingmen's Association
this entity surface form: General Council of the International Workingmen's Association
Geneva Congress of the International Workingmen's Association partOf International Workingmen's Association
The Civil War in France associatedWithOrganization International Workingmen's Association
Lausanne Congress of the International Workingmen's Association partOf International Workingmen's Association
Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association partOf International Workingmen's Association
Basel Congress of the International Workingmen's Association partOf International Workingmen's Association
Basel Congress of the International Workingmen's Association organizedBy International Workingmen's Association
Hague Congress of the International Workingmen's Association partOf International Workingmen's Association
Eugène Pottier memberOf International Workingmen's Association
Charles Longuet memberOf International Workingmen's Association
César De Paepe memberOf International Workingmen's Association
James Guillaume memberOf International Workingmen's Association
this entity surface form: International Workingmen’s Association
General Council partOf International Workingmen's Association
this entity surface form: International Workingmen’s Association
General Council parentOrganization International Workingmen's Association
this entity surface form: International Workingmen’s Association
Carlo Cafiero memberOf International Workingmen's Association
Carlo Cafiero participantIn International Workingmen's Association
this entity surface form: Italian section of the First International