The Committee of Fifty met in
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United States
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, in October 1829. They advocated redistribution of property between the poor and rich; as well as abolition of banking, monopoly, and debt imprisonment.
They also nominated a slate of
Working Men's Party candidates for the upcoming elections.
See also
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Working Men's Party
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Communism
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Socialism
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Anarchism
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Industrial Revolution
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References
Political organizations based in the United States
1829 in New York (state)
Defunct socialist parties in the United States
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