Inaugural Address of the International Working Men’s Association - “The First International”
On the anniversary of the founding of the First International we publish here the inaugural address made by Karl Marx.
On the anniversary of the founding of the First International we publish here the inaugural address made by Karl Marx.
Here we provide excerpts from the Rules voted at the 1872 congress of the First International which established the powers of the General Council, which sections would be recognized and which not, i.e. expelled. There was a special section on the expulsion of Bakunin and his organization because "the secret Alliance was established with rules entirely opposed to those of the International."