The Socialism of to-day

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Identifikator:: 835096955

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-28834

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Laveleye, Émile de

Title:: The Socialism of to-day

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Field & Tuer

Year of publication:: 1884

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XLIV, 331 S.)

Collection:: Economics Books

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184 THE SOCIALISM OF TO-DAY. the war put obstacles in the way. Already, before the Congress of the Hague, the council was divided into two hostile parties, and when it obtained the right of exclusion, it gave the death blow to the old Association.” The International of the Marxists held its session from the 8th to the 13th of September. Marx himself took no part in it. There were only about thirty delegates, representing Germany, France, England, Switzerland, and Holland. The fact that Germany, where Socialism was making such prodigious strides, was represented by only one delegate, Burckhart, proves what little influence the association exercised. Two principal questions were debated : first, ought the working classes to take part in political contests, or to abstain and silently prepare the way for the social revolution? It was decided, as had been done before, that they ought to engage in politics, and, if need be, unite with the middle classes to obtain any reforms useful to the workers. Secondly, it was resolved that working men ought to associate everywhere in trade corpora tions, which should form national federations, these federa tions themselves uniting so as to keep up a universal league in each trade. It would be the part of this league to give constant information as to the state of labour, and to defend the interests of labour in the different countries. This, as may be seen, is the parent idea of the International, reappearing in a specialized form and applied to each trade. This congress was the last organized by the Marxists. Their leader, the author of the famous book. Das Kapital., seems since then to have retired completely from active life, in order to prepare, in his retreat in London, the second volume of his work.” * The Autonomists convened a general assembly at Brussels on the 7th of November, 1874. From the official report it appears that the assembly was international in name alone. There were only about twenty delegates, all Belgians, except Gomez for Spain, Switzguebel for the Federation of the Jura, * [This had not l)een published at the time of Marx’s death (14th of March, 1883) ; but it IS believed that he had practically completed the second volume and had commenced the third. These two volumes will, it is said, be brought out by Friedrich Engels.—TV.]

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