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The First International was split into two after [[Mikhail Bakunin]], the foremost anarchist, and [[Karl Marx]] differed on both principles and practical courses of action. |
The First International was split into two after [[Mikhail Bakunin]], the foremost anarchist, and [[Karl Marx]] differed on both principles and practical courses of action. |
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==Second International== |
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The Second International is a collection of moderate leftist political parties. For example, the [[British Labour Party]] is affiliated to it. |
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==Third International== |
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The Third International was the [[Communist International]]. Commonly referred to as [[Comintern]], it was created at the behest of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]. |
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==Fourth International== |
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The [[Fourth International]] was created in [[1938]] by [[Leon Trotsky]]. |
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Revision as of 19:52, 3 June 2003
The International Workingmen's Association was an international group of socialists. Originally, it contained socialists of all kinds, including libertarian socialists (known by various names, including anarchists, anarcho-communists and Bakuninists) as well as the more authoritarian Marxists and social democrats.
The first Communist International meeting was held in Moscow on March 2, 1917.
First International
The Schism
The First International was split into two after Mikhail Bakunin, the foremost anarchist, and Karl Marx differed on both principles and practical courses of action.
Second International
The Second International is a collection of moderate leftist political parties. For example, the British Labour Party is affiliated to it.
Third International
The Third International was the Communist International. Commonly referred to as Comintern, it was created at the behest of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Fourth International
The Fourth International was created in 1938 by Leon Trotsky.