International Workingmen's Association
Americannoun
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In January 1865, Marx wrote to Lincoln on behalf of the International Workingmen’s Association, a group for socialists, communists, anarchists and trade unions, to “congratulate the American people upon your reelection.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2019
He was actually good at running the show—as an editor and, later on, as the dominant figure in the International Workingmen’s Association, known as the First International.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 3, 2016
The International Workingmen's Association now embraces the labor movement of all the leading countries of the world.
From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Orth, Samuel P.
When the International Workingmen's Association was formed, he joined it as one of its first members; indeed, he mainly helped to establish it.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur
When the European working class had recovered sufficient strength for another attack on the ruling classes, the International Workingmen's Association sprang up.
From Manifesto of the Communist Party by Marx, Karl
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