Zurich_Socialist_and_Labour_Congress,_1893

International Socialist Workers Congress, Zürich 1893

International Socialist Workers Congress, Zürich 1893

3rd Congress of the Second International

The International Socialist Workers Congress in Zürich that met from 6 to 13 August 1893 was the third congress of the Second International. The congress passed the "Zurich resolution" which expelled anarchists from the congress.[1] On 12 August, Friedrich Engels was designated the honorary president for the day and delivered the closing address,[2] the only time that Engels addressed a Second International period congress.[3] Notable participants included an official delegation from the British trade union movement, led by John Hodge.[4]

Friedrich Engels (fourth from left) pictured in Zürich during the International Socialist Workers' Congress with Clara Zetkin to his right, and Julie and August Bebel

Resolutions

Before deliberations could begin, the Congress voted to exclude the anarchists led by Gustav Landauer, who left in protest.[1] Engels later emphasised the need to remain separate from the anarchists in his closing speech.[1] The mandate of Rosa Luxemburg as a delegate of the Socialists of Poland and Lithuania, in opposition to the Polish Social Democratic Party, was also rejected.[1]

Delegations

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References

  1. [1]
    Lenz, J. (1932). The Rise and Fall of the Second International. New York: International Publishers Co., Inc. pp. 16–23.
  2. [2]
    International Socialist Congress Zurich, Switzerland (1894). Protokoll des Internationalen sozialistischen Arbeiterkongresses in der Tonhalle, Zürich, vom 6. bis 12. august 1893 (in German). Grütlivereins. p. 52.
  3. [3]
    Hunt, Tristram (2009). The Frock-Coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels. London: Allen Lane. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-7139-9852-8.
  4. [4]
    Braunthal, Julius (1966). History of the International, 1864–1914. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. p. 251.
  5. [5]
    Treichler, Hans Peter (2011). Die Arbeiterin in Zürich um 1900: Sozialgeschichtliches auf den Spuren Verena Conzetts (1861–1947) (in German). Conzett Verlag. p. 38. ISBN 978-3-03760-023-8 – via Issuu.com.

Bibliography

  • Braunthal, Julius. History of the International, Volume 1: 1864–1914.
  • Haupt, Georges. La Deuxième Internationale, 1889–1914: étude critique des sources, essai bibliographique.


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