IWMA
Articles by and about the International Working Men's Association (IWMA) or First International and its members.
Resolutions concerning the agenda of the Laussane conferance
The First International Working Men's Association
RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING THE AGENDA OF THE LAUSANNE CONGRESS
Resolution I published as leaflet and in The Working Man, No. 16, The Bee-Hive Newspaper, No. 300 and The Commonwealth, No. 75, July 13, 1867
Resolution on the procedure of discussing the programme of the Congress
The First International Working Men's Association
RESOLUTION ON THE PROCEDURE OF DISCUSSING THE PROGRAMME OF THE CONGRESS
La Liberte Speech
The First International Working Men's Association
LA LIBERTE SPEECH
Karl Marx speech delivered September 8, 1872, in Amsterdam.
Printed September 15, 1872, in La Liberte. Also printed in Dutch, Belgian and German papers.
General Rules of the International Working Mens Association
Statement of rules by the International Working Men's Association (IWMA), or First International from 1864.
October 1864
Considering, That the emancipation of the working classes must be conquered by the working classes themselves, that the struggle for the emancipation of the working classes means not a struggle for class privileges and monopolies, but for equal rights and duties, and the abolition of all class rule;
A Warning - Journeymen Tailors in Europe
A warning from the International Working Men's Association about bosses' tactics with regard to journeymen tailors in 1866.
Proposals of the Standing Committee on Programme of the Geneva Convention
The First International Working Men's Association
PROPOSALS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE PROGRAMME OF THE GENEVA CONGRESS
Reproduced from the Minute Book of the General Council
First published in The Commonwealth, No. 180, August 18, 1866
Resolution on the Establishment of Working Class Parties
The First International Working Men's Association
RESOLUTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING-CLASS PARTIES
Adopted by the Hague Congress of the International as Article 7 of the General Statutes September 1872
Drafted in July 1872
Printed in French and English
Minutes of the London Conferance of the IWMA
The First International Working Men's Association
FROM THE MINUTES OF THE LONDON CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION
MEETING OF STANDING COMMITTEE WITH CONTINENTAL DELEGATES September 26
First published, in Russian, in Generalny Sovet Pervogo Internatsionala. 1864-1866, Moscow, 1961
The question of a general congress was next discussed.
Marx in the name of the Central Council proposed that the Congress assemble in Geneva.
Dupleix seconded the proposition.
IWMA General Council Meeting minutes (2)
The First International Working Men's Association
GENERAL COUNCIL MEETINGS
April 16, 1867
Lafargue (on behalf of Marx) said that the resolution moved by Odger at one of the Reform meetings conferring a vote [of] thanks upon Count Bismarck was calculated to injure the credit of this Association. He therefore demanded that a vote of censure should be passed upon Odger.
A discussion ensued which ended in instructing the Secretary a to write to Odger requesting his attendance at the next meeting.
Letter to the Editor of the Stuttgart Beobachter
The First International Working Men's Association
TO THE EDITOR OF THE STUTTGART BEOBACHTER
First published in the Nordstern, No. 287, December 10, 1864 Printed according to the copy in Mrs. Marx's hand, corrected by the author and collated with the newspaper
