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1881 Chicago Social Revolutionary Congress
The Congress of Socialists of the United States, better known as the 1881 Chicago Social Revolutionary Congress, was a meeting of anarchists and socialists in Chicago in October 1881 to organize the new social revolutionary groups splintered from the American Socialistic Labor Party. Preparations The Chicago congress, officially known as the Congress of Socialists of the United States, was held October 21 to 23, 1881, with 21 delegates in North Side Turner Hall. Organized by the New York Social Revolutionary Club and American delegates to the London congress three months earlier, the meeting was called to gather social revolutionaries who believed in action outside of electoral politics. All socialists with this aim were invited to apply to August Spies of Chicago's '' Arbeiter-Zeitung'' newspaper, who served as the congress's secretary. Many German emigres attended, mostly representing East Coast and Midwest cities. It was the first meeting of what became the American ana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialistic Labor Party
The Socialist Labor Party (SLP)"The name of this organization shall be Socialist Labor Party". Art. I, Sec. 1 of thadopted at the Eleventh National Convention (New York, July 1904; amended at the National Conventions 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 2001, 2005 and 2007) (cited February 18, 2016). is the first Socialism, socialist political party in the United States, established in 1876. Originally known as the Workingmen's Party of the United States, the party changed its name in 1877 to Socialistic Labor Party [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transatlantic Anarchist Networks
Transatlantic, Trans-Atlantic or TransAtlantic may refer to: Film * Transatlantic Pictures, a film production company from 1948 to 1950 * Transatlantic Enterprises, an American production company in the late 1970s * ''Transatlantic'' (1931 film), an American comedy starring Edmund Lowe * ''Transatlantic'' (1960 film), a British film * ''Transatlantic'' (1998 film), a Croatian film by Mladen Juran Literature * ''Trans-Atlantyk '' Trans-Atlantyk '' is a novel by the Polish author Witold Gombrowicz, originally published in 1953. The semi-autobiographical plot of the novel closely tracks Gombrowicz's own experience in the years during and just after the outbreak of World ...'' a 1953 novel by Witold Gombrowicz * ''TransAtlantic'' (novel), a 2013 book by Colum McCann Music * Transatlantic Records, an independent record label active in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s * Transatlantic (band), a multinational progressive rock supergroup * The Transatlantics, an Australian funk a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 1881 Events
October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the sixth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from Latin and Greek ''ôctō'' meaning "eight") after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans. In Ancient Rome, one of three Mundus patet would take place on October 5, Meditrinalia October 11, Augustalia on October 12, October Horse on October 15, and Armilustrium on October 19. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. Among the Anglo-Saxons, it was known as Winterfylleth (Ƿinterfylleþ), because at this full moon, winter was supposed to begin. October is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Southern Hemisphere, and autumn in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to April in the Southern Hemisphere and vice versa. Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anarchist Congresses
Over the past 150 years, anarchists, anarcho-syndicalists and Libertarian socialism, libertarian socialists have held many congresses, conferences and international meetings in which trade unions, other groups and individuals have participated. First International The First International was an organization that aimed at uniting a variety of different Left-wing politics, left-wing groups and trade unions that were based on the working class and class struggle. Anarchists participated in the First International until their expulsion in the Hague Congress (1872), Hague Congress. * 1st Geneva Congress (1866), Congress of Geneva (Switzerland), 3–8 September 1866. * 2nd Lausanne Congress (1867), Congress of Lausanne (Switzerland), 2–8 September 1867. * 3rd Brussels Congress (1868), Congress of Brussels (Belgium), September 1868. * 4th Basel Congress (1869), Congress of Basel (Switzerland), September 1869. * 5th Hague Congress (1872), Congress of The Hague (Netherlands), 2–7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
