The General Council of the

International Workingmen's Association The International Workingmen's Association (IWA), often called the First International (1864–1876), was an international organisation which aimed at uniting a variety of different left-wing socialist, communist and anarchist groups and trad ...

was formed on October 5 1864 following the St. Martin's Hall Meeting held the previous week. The

Universal League for the Material Elevation of the Industrious Classes The Universal League for the Material Elevation of the Industrious Classes was a 19th-century English political movement and organization. It was founded on 14 December 1863 by Marquis Townshend, who was one of the few aristocrats to support the ...

provided a base for them to operate from at 18 Greek Street.Leventhal F. M. (1971) ''Respectable Radical'' London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson

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