First Congress of the International Workingmen's Association

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Geneva_Congress
gptkbp:attendedBy delegates from several European countries
gptkbp:country gptkb:Switzerland
gptkbp:endDate 1866-09-08
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Lausanne_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First Congress of the International Workingmen's Association
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:location gptkb:Geneva
gptkbp:mainTheme workers' rights
international labor movement
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:César_De_Paepe
gptkb:Charles_Bradlaugh
gptkb:Charles_Longuet
gptkb:Edward_Spencer_Beesly
gptkb:Eugène_Varlin
gptkb:George_Odger
gptkb:Hermann_Jung
gptkb:Johann_Philipp_Becker
gptkb:William_Randal_Cremer
gptkb:Jules_Favre
gptkb:Johann_Georg_Eccarius
gptkb:James_Murray
gptkb:Henri_Tolain
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Pindy
gptkb:Louis_Eugène_Dupont
gptkb:Paul_Robin
gptkb:John_Weston
Karl Marx (not present, but influential in preparation)
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:General_Council_of_the_International_Workingmen's_Association
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:International_Workingmen's_Association
gptkbp:precededBy founding meeting of the International Workingmen's Association
gptkbp:result promotion of international solidarity among workers
adoption of resolutions on labor rights
establishment of working commissions
gptkbp:significance first international congress of the labor movement
gptkbp:startDate 1866-09-03
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Geneva_Congress_(1866)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6