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the  rise  and  fall  of  the  international.  l6l
at  was,  not  the  increase  of  wages,  but  the  abolition  of  the
wages  system  by  a  radical  transformation  of  the  social  order
Combinations  and  strikes  were  only  makeshifts,  while  awaiting
someAing  better.  The  following  were  the  declarations  adopted
on  this  subject  “  Strikes  are  not  a  means  of  completely  eman
cipatmg  the  labourer,  but  they  are  often  a  necessity  in  the
existing  conflict  between  capital  and  labour.  It  is  therefore
advisable  to  subject  strikes  to  certain  conditions  as  to  organiza
tion,  opportuneness,  and  propriety.  With  regard  to  the  organization ­
  of  strikes,  in  those  trades  which  have  not,  as^vet
judge  of  the  opportuneness  and  propriety  of  impending  strikes  ”
This,  as  may  be  seen,  was  a  complete  plan  of  campaign.  The
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