150th Anniversary of the founding meeting of the International Working Men’s Association | Public Need Not Private Greed
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The founding meeting of the International Working Men’s Association was held on 28th September 1864 at St Martin’s Hall, Long Acre, London.
The meeting was called to bring together various working class organisations and parties with the aim of furthering international co-operation. Delegations from France, Italy, Germany, Ireland and Poland were present and the First International was born.
La première #internationale_des_travailleurs, une grande âme - Les blogs du Diplo
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« L’émancipation des travailleurs sera l’œuvre des travailleurs eux mêmes ». On mesure l’importance de cette déclaration, moins d’un siècle après la révolution française, un slogan, comme l’explique Mathieu Léonard, qui devait écarter le peuple de la morale bourgeoise ou cléricale, et des partis.
