The General Council of the
International Workingmen's Association
The International Workingmen's Association (IWA; 1864–1876), often called the First International, was a political international which aimed at uniting a variety of different left-wing socialist, social democratic, communist, and anarchist g ...
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 provided a base for them to operate from at 18 Greek Street.
[Leventhal F. M. (1971) ''Respectable Radical'' London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson]
References
International Workingmen's Association
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