Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association

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The Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association was an 1868 gathering of socialist and labor delegates that helped shape the early international workers' movement and its positions on issues like trade unions, strikes, and collective ownership.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the international workers' movement ⓘ
international congress ⓘ
workers' congress ⓘ
aim adopt common positions on trade union and strike tactics ⓘ
coordinate the activities of workers' organizations in different countries ⓘ
discuss forms of collective ownership and cooperation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1868 Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ
Brussels Congress of the First International ⓘ
associatedWith European socialist leaders of the 1860s ⓘ
General Council of the First International ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ
attendedBy delegates of labor organizations ⓘ
delegates of socialist organizations ⓘ
delegates of trade unions ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
followedBy 1869 Basel Congress of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ
Basel Congress of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ
follows 1867 Lausanne Congress of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ
Lausanne Congress of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ
historicalContext early development of the First International ⓘ
rise of organized labor in Europe ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
ideology proletarian internationalism ⓘ
socialism ⓘ
workers' self-emancipation ⓘ
language French ⓘ
other European languages ⓘ
location Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
movement international workers' movement ⓘ
linked to: labour movement

labor movement ⓘ
socialist movement ⓘ
organizedBy General Council of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ
partOf International Workingmen's Association ⓘ
partOfSeries congresses of the First International ⓘ
result resolutions encouraging cooperative and collective forms of property ⓘ
resolutions on the importance of trade unions for the emancipation of the working class ⓘ
resolutions on the use of strikes as a weapon of the working class ⓘ
significance contributed to defining the role of trade unions in the workers' movement ⓘ
helped shape early policy of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ
influenced later socialist and labor congresses ⓘ
topic collective ownership ⓘ
cooperatives ⓘ
political action of the working class ⓘ
relations between trade unions and the International ⓘ
strikes ⓘ
trade unions ⓘ

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International Workingmen's Association → notableEvent → Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ
Lausanne Congress of the International Workingmen's Association → precedes → Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ
Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association → alsoKnownAs → Brussels Congress of the First International ⓘ
linked to: Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association → alsoKnownAs → 1868 Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ
linked to: Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
Basel Congress of the International Workingmen's Association → follows → Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association ⓘ
César De Paepe → participatedIn → congresses of the First International ⓘ
linked to: Brussels Congress of the International Workingmen's Association