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The International Workingmen's Association (IWA; 1864–1876), often called the First International, was a political international which aimed at uniting a variety of different left-wing socialist, social democratic, communist, [2] and anarchist groups and trade unions that were based on the working class and class struggle.
Abraham Lincoln in 1863. Address of the International Working Men's Association to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America is a letter written by Karl Marx between November 22 to 29, 1864 that was addressed to then-United States President Abraham Lincoln by United States Ambassador Charles Francis Adams Sr. [1] The letter was written on behalf of the International Workingmen ...
The International Workingmen's Association (IWA), commonly known as the First International, was established in London in 1864. The organization was initially strictly European in composition, including prominently English, French, German, Polish, and Italian labor leaders and political activists.
The General Council of the International Workingmen's Association was formed on October 5 1864 following the St. Martin's Hall Meeting held the previous week. The Universal League for the Material Elevation of the Industrious Classes provided a base for them to operate from at 18 Greek Street. [1
The International Workingmen's Association took up the demand for an eight-hour day at its Congress in Geneva, declaring "The legal limitation of the working day is a preliminary condition without which all further attempts at improvements and emancipation of the working class must prove abortive", and "The Congress proposes eight hours as the ...
1864 (Europe) International Workingmen's Association (often called the First International) is founded. 1864 (United States) Cigar Makers' Union founded. [6] 1864 July 21 (United States) Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association founded. [6] 1866 (United States) National Labor Union formed - 1st national labor ...
Signatories to the founding statement of the International Workingmen's Association included groups from around the world. The single largest anarcho-syndicalist union at the time, the CNT in Spain, was unable to attend when their delegates were arrested on the way to the conference, though they did join the following year, bringing 600,000 ...
In 1864, Wheeler attended the founding meeting of the International Workingmen's Association (IWMA). He was elected to the General Council of the IWMA, and was also the organisation's first treasurer. Although he left that post early in 1865, he was again the treasurer before the end of the year, serving until 1867. [1]