Second International facts for kids

The Second International (1889–1916) was an organization created on July 14, 1889, by socialist and labour parties who wanted to work together for international socialism. It continued the work of the First International, which stopped being an organization in 1886. However, it did not include the still-powerful anarcho-syndicalist movement and trade unions.

Among the Second International's most famous actions were its 1889 declaration of May 1 as International Labor Day and its 1910 declaration of March 8 as International Women's Day.

The International's permanent executive and information body was the International Socialist Bureau (ISB). It was located in Brussels and formed after the International's Paris Congress of 1900. Emile Vandervelde and Camille Huysmans of the Belgian Labour Party were its chair and secretary. Vladimir Lenin was a member from 1905. Dadabhai Nauroji attended it's Paris commune in 1906.

Images for kids

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  The theatre "Fantaisies parisiennes," site of the 1889 "Marxist" congress, in 1881.

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  Image of the old Stuttgart Liederhalle, site of the 1907 International Socialist Congress.

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  The Hotel Beau Séjour, site of the Zimmerwald conference, in 1864

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In Spanish: Segunda Internacional para niños