General Council of the International Workingmen's Association

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executive body governing council organ of the International Workingmen's Association

The General Council of the International Workingmen's Association was the central executive and coordinating body that directed the activities and policies of the First International’s global labor movement.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Federal Council of the International Workingmen’s Association	1
General Council of the First International	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive body ⓘ governing council ⓘ organ of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	General Council of the First International NERFINISHED ⓘ General Council of the IWA NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToOrganization	First International NERFINISHED ⓘ International Workingmen's Association NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	1872 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	labor movement ⓘ socialist movement ⓘ trade union coordination ⓘ workers' internationalism ⓘ
hasChairperson	Karl Marx NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	early international coordination of the labor movement ⓘ
hasMember	Antoni Zabicki NERFINISHED ⓘ Eugène Varlin NERFINISHED ⓘ Friedrich Engels NERFINISHED ⓘ George Odger NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermann Jung NERFINISHED ⓘ Johann Georg Eccarius NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Marx NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Lafargue NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasResponsibility	coordinating national sections ⓘ directing activities of the First International ⓘ drafting resolutions and addresses ⓘ implementing decisions of International congresses ⓘ maintaining correspondence between sections ⓘ managing finances of the International ⓘ organizing international congresses ⓘ
headquartersLocation	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1864 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
partOf	International Workingmen's Association NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment	socialism ⓘ working‑class politics ⓘ
role	administrative organ ⓘ central executive body ⓘ coordinating body ⓘ policy‑making body ⓘ
significantEvent	Hague Congress of 1872 NERFINISHED ⓘ relocation decision to New York in 1872 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association → associatedWith → General Council of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Council of the First International

The Civil War in France → commissionedBy → General Council of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ

IWA → hasPart → General Council of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ

subject surface form: International Workingmen's Association

Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association → organizedBy → General Council of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ

Geneva Congress of the International Workingmen's Association → organizedBy → General Council of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ

Lausanne Congress of the International Workingmen's Association → organizedBy → General Council of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ

Hague Congress of the International Workingmen's Association → organizer → General Council of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ

The Civil War in France → publisher → General Council of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ

General Council → replacedBy → General Council of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Council of the International Workingmen’s Association