IWA

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The International Workingmen's Association (IWA) was a 19th-century international organization that united various socialist, communist, and anarchist groups and trade unions in the struggle for workers’ rights and social revolution.

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IWA canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international organization
labor movement organization
workers' association
countryOfFounding United Kingdom
dissolved 1876
fieldOfWork labor rights
political activism
social reform
foundedIn London
linked to: London, England
hasGoal international working-class solidarity
social revolution
workers' rights
hasIdeology anarchism
communism
socialism
trade unionism
hasMotto emancipation of the working classes must be conquered by the working classes themselves
hasPart General Council of the International Workingmen's Association
headquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England
historicalPeriod 19th century
inception 1864-09-28
influenced Second International
later socialist parties
trade union internationals
languageOfWorkOrName English
French
German
Italian
movement international socialist movement
workers' movement
namedAfter working men
notableMember César De Paepe
Friedrich Engels
Giuseppe Garibaldi
James Guillaume
Karl Marx
Mikhail Bakunin
Paul Lafargue
Pyotr Lavrov
shortName First International
IWA
significantEvent Basel Congress of 1869
Geneva Congress of 1866
Hague Congress of 1872
split between Marxists and anarchists
united anarchist groups
communist groups
socialist groups
trade unions

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International Workingmen's Association shortName IWA
subject linked to: IWA