We do not fear anarchy, we invoke it : The First International and the origins of the anarchist movement / Robert Graham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Robert, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International Workingmen's Association (1864-1876)--History.

International Workingmen's Association (1864-1876).

Anarchism--Europe--History--19th century.

Anarchism.

History.

Europe.

Physical Description:

319 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland ; Oakland, CA : AK Press, [2015]

Summary:

On September 28, 1864 Delegates Representing European Workers met in London to create the International Workingmen's Association (the "International"). The purpose of the organization was to provide support for workers across national boundaries in their struggles against international capital. None of the delegates present on this day identified as anarchists, yet from this organization an international anarchist movement cohered and challenged Marxists for the mantle and soul of socialism. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Anarchism Before the International 9

Chapter 2 The Founding of the International 57

Chapter 3 The Debates on Property 81

Chapter 4 Bakunin and the Alliance 99

Chapter 5 The 1869 Basel Congress and the Syndicalist Consensus 109

Chapter 6 The Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune 139

Chapter 7 From Out of the Ashes: The Defeat of the Commune and the Rise of the International in Italy and Spain 155

Chapter 8 Very Real Splits in the International 167

Chapter 9 The Antiauthoritarian International and the Emergence of the Anarchist Movement 197

Chapter 10 From Collectivism to Communism and Propaganda By the Deed 215

Chapter 11 The End (Of The International) And The Beginning (Of The Anarchist Movement) 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849352116

1849352119

OCLC:

915153849