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That's a pretty bold statement, you have any sources to back that up? The first international was about uniting international workers, there are in fact severa
by cycomanic 6y ago
That's a pretty bold statement, you have any sources to back that up?
The first international was about uniting international workers, there are in fact several writings who say that the bourgeoisie use nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiments to divide the working class.
- BlueTemplar 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workingmen%27s_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workingmen%27s_A... > They discussed the need for an international organisation, which would amongst other things prevent the import of foreign workers to break strikes. (Technically, at that point, other factions than communists were involved too.)
- cycomanic 6y agoyou said, quote: "The first communist international was mainly about antiimmigration." now the citation you give is they _amongst other things_ wanted to prevent the import of foreign workers to break strikes. Apart from "amongst other things" does not make it "the main thing", it also was very much not anti-immigration. The international workingmen association formation was about forming an international organisation to prevent "capitalists" from playing the workers in different countries against each other. In other words they realised that unless workers organise internationally, they would always be on the back foot.