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