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
He relies as far as possible upon the Rules of the International Workingmen's Association.
From Anarchism and Socialism by Plekhanov, Georgii Valentinovich
By 1876 the International Workingmen's Association was ruined by the quarrels that had taken place between the more moderate faction under the leadership of Marx, and the anarchistic element under Bakunin.
From The Red Conspiracy by Mereto, Joseph J.
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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