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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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE INTERNATIONAL. 18/ curious simplicity. For instance : “ In whatever country the Proletariat triumph, it is absolutely necessary to extend this triumph to all other countries.” It is not said how. “ What are the best means of realizing as quickly as possible revolu tionary Socialist action?” They pass to the order of the day. “ What are the methods of propaganda for /es compagnons d'Egypte i ” The point remains open. At Ghent, on the 9th of September, 1877, the “Universal Socialist Congress” opened. A procession of about four thousand working men marched across the town to the sound of “ the Marseillaise,” with the red flag borne in the van. The police did not interfere, and the public looked on indiflfer- ently. Nobody was alarmed, and order was not disturbed for a moment The sittings were declared public, but nobody attended, not even the working men enrolled in the Inter national. There were forty-six delegates belonging to different nationalities, but the majority represented only insignificant groups. It was hoped to reconcile the Anarchists and the Authoritarians, but a conflict soon arose on the subject of the State, and of the part to be taken by working men in politics. Liebknecht, deputy of the German Reichstag, and César de Paepe maintained that the functions of the State should be extended ; that it ought to become the proprietor of all the requisites of labour, and that in the meantime it was the working men's interest to take part in political struggles and to obtain successive improvements in their lot. James Guillaume, the founder of the Federation of the Jura, defended the thesis of the Autonomists. Capital and productive wealth ought to belong to societies of working men, that is to say to trade corporations. This ideal can be attained only by revolution. Working men have nothing to expect from political parties, even the most radical ; they have always deceived the people and used them to their own advantage. The parlia mentary system and universal suffrage are a snare and a delusion. As to improvements in detail, they are only a danger. By giving a certain amount of satisfaction to the people, they deaden revolutionary sentiments. De Paepe, in replying to James Guillaume, reproduced a

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