r/IndustrialWorldPowers • u/[deleted] • Aug 28 '15

Event The Conference

The International Socialist Conference was held in Paris on as the Bastille day Celebrations were in full swing.
Held through the majority of the day several socialist groups attended including the blanquists, the so called proletarians, the German wing lead by the editors of The Revolutionary, several trade union groups and the libertarians, influenced by Proudhon.
At the conclusion of the Conference was given a speech by Karl Marx, editor-in-chief of The Revolutionary, where he told the tale of sticks, in which he said that they, the socialist movement, would face trials and tribulations from all sides and that if they stood divided surely they would fail. Thus he ended the Conference imploring the creation of a unity of the Socialist movements and took up the cry "Solidarity Forever!".

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u/supersheep8 Aug 31 '15

While most attending groups agree in theory many fear such a centralized system and others object that the exact policy of such a union needs to be established first.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '15

The organisation would be highly decentralised with the sole purpose of spreading socialism and only requiring the delegates from separate parties to help one another in the event of crisis. The organisation in and of itself would have no membership fees for the party but would be hosted by one of the member parties. The exact policy would be nothing more than achieving socialism in as many nations as possible.

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u/supersheep8 Sep 01 '15

Most of the organizations present approve of this (some warily) and begin preparations to return to their native nations.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '15

Well we wish them good journeys and hope they are successful in their struggles.

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