''Általános Munkás Újság'' was a newspaper in

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. It was the first

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newspaper in the country. The newspaper began publishing in 1870. It was published jointly by two different socialist groups, the Pest-Buda Workers Education Association (which had begun as a workers self-help group supported by employers) and the General Workers Society (an organization formed in 1868 and campaigning for political rights for workers, such as

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). The former group was led by Károly Farkas, the representative of the First International in Hungary.Linden, Marcel van der, and Jürgen Rojahn.
The Formation of Labour Movements, 1870-1914: An International Perspective. Contributions to the history of labour and society, v. 2
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: E.J. Brill, 1990. p. 350 ''Általános Munkás Újság'' had a German-language edition, ''Allgemeiner Arbeiter Zeitung''.

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