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International Workingmen's Association

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The International Workingmen's Association (IWA), often called the First International (1864–1876), was an international organization which aimed at uniting a variety of different left-wing socialist, communist and anarchist political groups and trade union organizations that were based on the working class and class struggle. It was founded in 1864 in a workmen's meeting held in St Martin's Hall, London. Its first congress was held in 1866 in Geneva.
    • Origins 

    • St. Martin's Hall Meeting, London, 1864 

    • Internal tensions 

    • Geneva Congress, 1866 

    • Lausanne Congress, 1867 

    • Basel Congress, 1869 

    • Hague Congress, 1872 

    • After 1872: two First Internationals