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Notice Concerning Prussian military question and the German Workers' Party
The First International Working Men's Association
NOTICE CONCERNING PRUSSIAN MILITARY QUESTION AND THE GERMAN WORKERS' PARTY
Written February 27 1865 Published March 3 1865 In the Berliner Reform, No. 53, the Düsseldorfer Zeitung, No. 62, the Rheinische Zeitung, No. 62,
Translated by Christopher Upward
A pamphlet by Frederick Engels entitled The Prussian Military Question and the German Workers' Party will shortly be published by Otto Meissner in Hamburg (price 6 Sgr.); unlike the most recent "socialdemocratic" party tactics [1], this pamphlet bases itself once more on the standpoint adopted by the literary representatives of the proletariat of 1846-1851 and develops this standpoint as against both reaction and the progressist bourgeoisie with regard to the currently topical question of the army and the budget.
The Prussian Military Question and German Workers' Party
The First International Working Men's Association
THE PRUSSIAN MILITARY QUESTION AND THE GERMAN WORKERS' PARTY
by FREDERICK ENGELS
Written by Engels to substantiate the tactics of the German working class in the so-called constitutional conflicts between the Prussian Government and the bourgeois-liberal majority of the Provincial Diet which, in February 1960, refused to confirm the army reorganization project proposed by War Minister von Roon. However, the Government son managed to secure allocations from the Provincial Diet to "maintain the army ready for action" which in fact meant the beginning of the planned reorganization. When, in March 1862, the liberal majority of the Chamber of Deputies refused to endorse military expenses and demanded a ministry responsible to the Provincial Diet, the Government dissolved the Diet and announced new elections.
On Proudhon
The First International Working Men's Association
LETTER TO J. B. SCHWEITZER FROM KARL MARX
"ON PROUDHON"
First published in Der Social-Demokrat, Nos. 16, 17 and 18, February 1, 3 and 5, 1865
London, January 24, 1865
Dear Sir.
Yesterday I received a letter in which you demand from me a detailed judgment of Proudhon. Lack of time prevents me from fulfilling your desire. Added to which I have none of his works to hand. However, in order to assure you of my good will I will quickly jot down a brief outline. You can then complete it, add to it or cut it -- in short do anything you like with it. [The editors of Der Social-Demokrat supplied a footnote here: "We found it better to print the letter without any changes."]
Program for the 5th Conferance
The First International Working Men's Association
PROGRAM FOR THE 5TH CONGRESS
Written July 14, 1870
Printed in La Liberte, July 31, 1870 Der Volkstaat, August 13, 1870
Online version from the La Liberte article
1. On the need to abolish the public debt. Discussion of the right to compensation.
2. Relationship between political action and the social movement of the working class.
Poland and the Russian Menace
The First International Working Men's Association
POLAND AND THE RUSSIAN MENACE
by KARL MARX
Speech by Marx to a general meeting commemorating the 4th anniversary of the Polish Uprising of 1863.
held at Cambridge Hall, London, January 22, 1867
What have the Working Classes to do with Poland?
The First International Working Men's Association
WHAT HAVE THE WORKING CLASSES TO DO WITH POLAND?
by FREDERICK ENGELS
Written between the end of January and April 6, 1866 First published in The Commonwealth, Nos. 159, 160 and 165, March 14, 31 and May 5, 1866 Translated into Polish in 1895.
BACKGROUND: Engels wrote these articles at Marx's request after controversy developed at the 1865 London conference of the International concerning including a demand for Poland's independence in the upcoming Geneva Congress.
Polemics Against Peter Fox
The First International Working Men's Association
DRAFT FOR A SPEECH ON FRANCE'S HISTORICAL ATTITUDE TO POLAND
(POLEMICS AGAINST PETER FOX)
Written in December 1864 First published in K. Marx, Manuskripte über die polnische Frage, S.-Gravenhage,1961
Translated for the Internet by director@marx.org
BACKGROUND
Mr. Fox has rolled up a rather phantastic picture of the foreign policy of the French Ancient Regime. According to his view, France allied herself with Sweden, Poland, and Turkey in order to protect Europe from Russia. The truth is that France contracted those alliances in the 16th and 17th centuries, at a time when Poland was still a powerful state and when Russia, in the modern sense of the word, did not yet exist.
Political Action and the Working Class
The First International Working Men's Association
POLITICAL ACTION AND THE WORKING CLASS
These are notes taken (in French originally, but translated into English) from two speeches Marx made at the London Conference; Protocols of the Sessions of September 20, 21, 1871.
Address to the National Labor Union of the United States
The First International Working Men's Association
ADDRESS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR UNION OF THE UNITED STATES
Written in English
From the minutes of the General Council meeting, May 11, 1869, as taken by George Eccarius:
Letter to Lincoln
The First International Working Men's Association
ADDRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION
TO U.S. PRESIDENT LINCOLN
Presented to U.S. Ambassador Charles Francis Adams January 28, 1865 [1]
Sir:
We congratulate the American people upon your re-election by a large majority. If resistance to the Slave Power was the reserved watchword of your first election, the triumphant war cry of your re-election is Death to Slavery.
