Hague Congress (1872)

The Hague Congress was the fifth congress of the International Workingmen's Association (IWA), held from 2–7 September 1872 in The Hague, the Netherlands.

The Hague Congress is famous for the expulsion of the anarchist Mikhail Bakunin for clashing with Karl Marx and his followers over the role of politics in the IWA had accepted proposals made by Marx. It marked the end of this organization as a unitarian alliance of all socialist factions (anarchists and Marxists).

Café Concert Excelsior, Lange Lombardstraat 109, The Hague. Location of the Hague Congress of 1872

See also

• History of anarchism
• International Anarchist Congresses

Primary sources

• The Hague Congress of the First International, September 2–7, 1872. Minutes and Documents. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1976.
• The Hague Congress of the First International, September 2–7, 1872. Reports and Letters. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1978.

External links

• "The International Workingmen's Association 1872: The Hague Congress—documents". marxists.org. Retrieved 27 October 2024.