1881 Chicago Social Revolutionary Congress
The Congress of Socialists of the United States, better known as the 1881 Chicago Social Revolutionary Congress, was a meeting of anarchists and socialists in Chicago in October 1881 to organize the new social revolutionary groups splintered from the American
Preparations
The Chicago congress, officially known as the Congress of Socialists of the United States, was held October 21 to 23, 1881, with 21 delegates in North Side Turner Hall. Organized by the New York Social Revolutionary Club and American delegates to the London congress three months earlier, the meeting was called to gather social revolutionaries who believed in action outside of electoral politics. All socialists with this aim were invited to apply to August Spies of Chicago's Arbeiter-Zeitung newspaper, who served as the congress's secretary. Many German emigres attended, mostly representing East Coast and Midwest cities. It was the first meeting of what became the American anarchist movement.[1]
Proceedings
Key figures in the congress included
References
- ^ Avrich 1984, pp. 58–59.
- ^ Avrich 1984, p. 59.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-0-691-04711-9.
- Goyens, Tom (2007). ISBN 978-0-252-03175-5.
- ISBN 978-0-252-09414-9.
