General Council of the International Workingmen's Association

The General Council of the International Workingmen's Association was formed on October 5 1864 following the St. Martin's Hall Meeting held the previous week. The Universal League for the Material Elevation of the Industrious Classes provided a base for them to operate from at 18 Greek Street.^[1]

International Workingmen's Association
Congresses	Geneva Congress (1866) Lausanne Congress (1867) Brussels Congress (1868) Basle Congress (1869) Hague Congress (1872)
Office holders	President 1864: George Odger 1867: Position reappointed at each meeting General Secretary 1864: W. R. Cremer 1866: Peter Fox 1866: W. R. Cremer 1867: Johann Eccarius 1871: John Hales 1872: Friedrich Sorge 1874: Carl Speyer Treasurer 1864: George William Wheeler 1865: William Dell 1865: George William Wheeler 1867: Robert Shaw 1868: Cornell William Frederick Stepney 1870: John Weston 1871: Albert Filix Thiesz 1871: Hermann Jung
Affiliated organisations	Cercle des prolétaires positivistes National Labor Union
Activists	Karl Marx Gabriel Mollin
Pan-European political parties

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