Under the socialist banner : resolutions of the second international, 1889-1912 / edited by Mike Taber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taber, Michael, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialist International (1889-1922).

Socialism.

Physical Description:

205 pages : illustration ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, IL : Haymarket Books, 2021.

Summary:

"A collection of all the resolutions adopted by Second International congresses during the movement's revolutionary Marxist period of 1889-1912. Recent years have seen a massive growth of interest in socialism, particularly among young people. But few are fully aware of socialism's revolutionary history. For this reason, an appreciation of the Second International--often called the "Socialist International"--during its Marxist years is particularly relevant. From 1889 to 1912 resolutions of the Second International helped disseminate and popularize a revolutionary aim: the overturn of capitalism and its replacement by the democratic rule of the working class, as a first step toward socialism. Despite weaknesses and contradictions that led to the Second International's collapse in 1914, its resolutions during these years remain a resource for those studying the socialist movement's history and objectives. Many of the topics dealt with--war and militarism, immigration, trade unions and labor legislation, women 's rights, colonialism, socialist strategy and tactics--remain just as relevant today. This book is the first English-language collection ever assembled of all the resolutions adopted by congresses of the Second International in its Marxist years."--Publisher description.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Paris Congress, July 14

20, 1889

Unity of the Socialist Movement and International Congresses

International Labor Legislation

Ways and Means for Winning Demands

International Demonstration on May 1, 1890

Abolition of Standing Armies / General Arming of the Population

Political and Economic Action

2. Brussels Congress, August 16

22, 1891

Conditions of Admission to the Congress

Labor Legislation

Working-Class Organization and Action

Piecework

International First of May Demonstrations

Women's Equality

The Jewish Question

Militarism

Motion on Maritime Workers

3. Zurich Congress, August 6

12, 1893

The Eight-Hour Day

Political Action

The Agrarian Question

National and International Organization of Trade Unions

Common Action with Regard to First of May Demonstration

Protective Legislation for Working Women

Social Democracy in the Event of War

International Organization of Social Democracy

The General Strike

Universal Suffrage

Solidarity with British Miners

Motion on French and Siamese Crisis

4. London Congress, July 27

August 1, 1896

Education and Physical Development

International Organization

War and Militarism

The Economic and Industrial Question

Miscellaneous Resolutions

The Next Congress

Solidarity with Socialist Mayor of Lille

Protest against Antilabor Ruling

The Fight against Russian Tsarism

Greetings to Bulgarian Social Democrats

Violence against Immigrant Workers

Remembrance of First International

Solidarity with Cuba, Crete, and Macedonia

5. Paris Congress, September 23

27, 1900

Workday Limits and Minimum Wage

Emancipation of Labor and Expropriation of the Bourgeoisie

The Fight against Militarism and War

Colonial Policy

Organization of Maritime Workers

Universal Suffrage and Popular Sovereignty

Municipal Socialism

Socialists in Public Office and Alliances with Bourgeois Parties (Kautsky Resolution)

The First of May

Trusts

6. Amsterdam Congress, August 14

20, 1904

On Tactics (Dresden-Amsterdam Resolution)

Party Unity

Workers' Insurance

On British India

Support for Miners of Colorado

Solidarity with Italian Prisoners

Universal Women's Suffrage

On Hungary

The Russo-Japanese War

Anti-Semitic Persecution in Russia

Support for Russian Proletariat

7. Stuttgart Congress, August 18

24, 1907

Rules for International Congresses and the International Socialist Bureau

Statutes of the Interparliamentary Commission

Militarism and International Conflicts

The Relations between Trade Unions and Socialist Parties

The Colonial Question

Immigration and Emigration of Workers

Women's Suffrage

On Romania

Greetings to Revolutionaries of Russia

On Morocco

The Trial of the American Miners

8. Copenhagen Congress, August 28

September 3, 1910

The Unemployment Question

The Death Penalty

On the Hardie-Vaillant Amendment

Carrying Out International Resolutions

Trade Union Unity

International Solidarity

The Right of Asylum

On Cooperatives and Cooperation

On Japan

On Argentina

The Situation in Turkey

On Spain

On Persia

On Finland

9. Basel Congress, November 24

25, 1912

The Basel Manifesto on War and Militarism

Afterword: 1914

-The Collapse of the Second International

Appendixes

Dutch Resolution on General Strike against War (1891)

French General Strike Resolution (1896)

Guesde-Ferri Resolution (1900)

Adler-Vandervelde Resolution (1904)

Immigration Commission Resolutions (1904)

Majority Resolution

Minority Resolution

Dutch Colonial Resolution (1904)

Colonial Commission Majority Resolution (1907)

American SP Resolution on Immigration (1907)

Luxemburg-Lenin-Martov Amendments to Militarism Resolution (1907)

Lenin's Resolution on Cooperatives (1910).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1642594679

9781642594676

9781642595093

1642595098

OCLC:

1197720329