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Membership card of the International Association of the Workers, with signature of Karl Marx and others

Membership card, 1865

Karl Marx -
Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei

Edition of 30 pps.: It 's known that only 6 samples are preserved.

Book, London, 1848

Many British working people were disappointed when the 1832 Reform Act failed to give them the vote. This disappointment turned to anger when the reformed House of Commons passed the Poor Law of 1834. In June 1836 William Lovett, Henry Hetherington, John Cleave and James Watson formed the London Working Men's Association. At a meeting in 1838 the leaders of the Association drew up a Charter of political demands which gave the group the name ‘Chartists’.

The Women’s Labour League (1906-1918) first produced a monthly newsletter for its supporters in 1906. The League was formed as an institution organized exclusively for and by women, and affiliated to the British Labour Party. It was committed to the cause of Labour representation in parliament. In 1918, after the vote was given to propertied women over the age of 30, the League was dissolved and its members formed the Women’s Section of the Labour Party.

In 1896 the Socialist International met in London. Edward Aveling was in charge of its organisation. His partner, Eleanor Marx, (daughter of Karl) was secretary of the ‘Hotels Committee’, which meant the delegates’ accommodation.

The newspaper Socialdemokraten was first published 1885. From 1890 there was a special number 1st of May. This picture from 1899 was drawn by the artist Nils Kreuger och became afterward a symbol for the labour movement. The motif has been changed later on. Today you can see this demonstration with women on posters, postcards and banners.

Aufruf aus der autonomen Szene zur Teilnahme an einer unbewilligten Demonstration in Zürich, 13. April 1996.

Flugblatt zur Friedensdemonstration vom 5. Dezember 1981 in Bern, unterzeichnet von der 'AG gegen den Kapitalismus', Zürich. Das Flugblatt dürfte aus dem Umfeld der Zürcher Jugendbewegung [\d'Bewegig\] stammen.

The 'Office central des oeuvres de bienfaisance' (Central Board of Charities) was founded in 1891 to coordinate the work of assistance and private charity. This foundation has merged with the Musée social in 1963 to form the CEDIAS-Musée Social.

Der Basler Kongress der Ersten Internationale vom September 1869 beschloss die Aufbauphase der IAA und leitete eine Etappe ein, die durch Spaltungen und Machtkämpfe, insbesondere zwischen Marx und Bakunin, gekennzeichnet war. Adhémar Schwitzguébel, 1844-1895, gehört zu den wichtigsten Exponenten der schweizerischen Arbeiterbewegung des 19. Jahrhunderts. Mit grossem Erfolg betrieb er die gewerkschaftliche Organisation der jurassischen Uhrenarbeiter. Unter seiner Führung entwickelte sich die Fédération jurassienne zu einem Zentrum des internationalen Anarchismus.