Under the Socialist Banner
Congresses and Resolutions of the Second International
Edited by Mike Taber

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Unity of the Socialist Movement and International Congresses
International Labor Protection Legislation
Ways and Means for Winning Demands for Worker Protection
International Demonstration on May 1, 1890
Abolition of Standing Armies / General Arming of the Population
Political and Economic Action

2. Brussels Congress, August 16–22, 1891

Conditions of Admission to the Congress
Labor Legislation
Working-Class Organization and Action
Piecework
International First of May Demonstrations
Women’s Equality
The Jewish Question
Militarism
Motion on Maritime Workers

3. Zurich Congress, August 6–12, 1893

Conditions of Admission to the Congress
The Eight-Hour Day
Political Action
The Agrarian Question
National and International Organization of Trade Unions
Common Action with Regard to First of May Demonstration
Protective Legislation for Working Women
Social Democracy in the Event of War
International Organization of Social Democracy
The General Strike
Universal Suffrage
Solidarity with British Miners
Motion on French and Siamese Crisis

4. London Congress, July 27–August 1, 1896

The Agrarian Question
Political Action
Education and Physical Development
International Organization
War and Militarism
The Economic and Industrial Question
Miscellaneous Resolutions
The Next Congress
Solidarity with Socialist Mayor of Lille
Protest against Antilabor Ruling
The Fight against Russian Tsarism
Greetings to Bulgarian Social Democrats
Violence against Immigrant Workers
Remembrance of First International
Solidarity with Cuba, Crete, and Macedonia

5. Paris Congress, September 23–27, 1900

International Organization
Workday Limits and Minimum Wage
Emancipation of Labor and Expropriation of the Bourgeoisie
The Fight against Militarism and War
Colonial Policy
Organization of Maritime Workers
Universal Suffrage and Popular Sovereignty
Municipal Socialism
Socialists in Public Office and Alliances with Bourgeois Parties (Kautsky Resolution)
The First of May
Trusts
The General Strike

6. Amsterdam Congress, August 14–20, 1904

On Tactics (Dresden-Amsterdam Resolution)
Party Unity
The General Strike
The First of May
Workers’ Insurance
Trusts
Colonial Policy
On British India
Support for Miners of Colorado
Solidarity with Italian Prisoners
Universal Women’s Suffrage
On Hungary
The Russo-Japanese War
Anti-Semitic Persecution in Russia
Support for Russian Proletariat

7. Stuttgart Congress, August 18–24, 1907

Rules for International Congresses and the International Socialist Bureau
Statutes of the Interparliamentary Commission
Militarism and International Conflicts
The Relations between Trade Unions and Socialist Parties
The Colonial Question
Immigration and Emigration of Workers
Women’s Suffrage
On Romania
Greetings to Revolutionaries of Russia
On Morocco
The Trial of the American Miners

8. Copenhagen Congress, August 28–September 3, 1910

The Unemployment Question
The Death Penalty
Party Unity
War and Militarism
On the Hardie-Vaillant Amendment
Carrying Out International Resolutions
Trade Union Unity
International Solidarity
Labor Legislation
The Right of Asylum
On Cooperatives and Cooperation
On Japan
On Argentina
The Situation in Turkey
On Spain
On Persia
On Finland
On Morocco

9. Basel Congress, November 24–25, 1912

The Basel Manifesto on War and Militarism

Afterword: 1914—The Collapse of the Second International

Appendixes

Dutch Resolution on General Strike against War (1891)
French General Strike Resolution (1896)
Guesde-Ferri Resolution (1900)
Adler-Vandervelde Resolution (1904)
Immigration Commission Resolutions (1904)
Majority Resolution
Minority Resolution
Dutch Colonial Resolution (1904)
Colonial Commission Majority Resolution (1907)
American SP Resolution on Immigration (1907)
Luxemburg-Lenin-Martov Amendments to Militarism Resolution (1907)
Lenin’s Resolution on Cooperatives (1910)

APPROVED RESOLUTIONS BY THEME

Agrarian question

1893 – The Agrarian Question
1896 – The Agrarian Question

Anarchists

1891 – Conditions of Admission to the Congress
1893 – Conditions of Admission to the Congress
1896 – The Next Congress

Colonial question

1896 – Political Action
1896 – Solidarity with Cuba, Crete, and Macedonia
1900 – Colonial Policy
1904 – Colonial Policy
1904 – On British India
1907 – The Colonial Question
1907 – On Morocco
1910 – The Situation in Turkey
1910 – On Persia
1910 – On Morocco

Cooperatives

1910 – On Cooperatives and Cooperation

Democratic rights

1893 – Universal Suffrage
1896 – Miscellaneous Resolutions
1900 – Universal Suffrage and Popular Sovereignty
1904 – Universal Women’s Suffrage
1907 – Women’s Suffrage
1910 – The Death Penalty
1910 – The Right of Asylum

Education

1896 – Education and Physical Development

General strike

1893 – The General Strike
1900 – The General Strike
1904 – The General Strike

Immigration and emigration

1893 – National and International Organization of Trade Unions
1896 – International Organization
1896 – Violence against Immigrant Workers
1907 – Immigration and Emigration of Workers

International organization of socialist movement

1889 – Unity of the Socialist Movement and International Congresses
1893 – International Organization of Social Democracy
1896 – International Organization
1900 – International Organization
1907 – Rules for International Congresses and the International Socialist Bureau
1907 – Statutes of the Interparliamentary Commission
1910 – Carrying Out International Resolutions

International working-class solidarity

1893 – Solidarity with British Miners
1893 – Motion on French and Siamese Crisis
1896 – Solidarity with Socialist Mayor of Lille
1896 – Protest against Antilabor Ruling
1896 – The Fight against Russian Tsarism
1896 – Greetings to Bulgarian Social Democrats
1896 – Remembrance of First International
1904 – Support for Miners of Colorado
1904 – Solidarity with Italian Prisoners
1904 – On Hungary
1904 – The Russo-Japanese War
1904 – Anti-Semitic Persecution in Russia
1904 – Support for Russian Proletariat
1907 – On Romania
1907 – Greetings to Revolutionaries of Russia
1907 – The Trial of the American Miners
1910 – International Solidarity
1910 – On Japan
1910 – On Argentina
1910 – On Spain
1910 – On Finland

Jewish question

1891 – The Jewish Question
1904 – Anti-Semitic Persecution in Russia

Labor legislation and workers’ conditions

1889 – International Labor Protection Legislation
1889 – Ways and Means for Winning Demands for Worker Protection
1891 – Labor Legislation
1891 – Piecework
1893 – The Eight-Hour Day
1893 – Protective Legislation for Working Women
1896 – Education and Physical Development
1896 – The Economic and Industrial Question
1900 – Workday Limits and Minimum Wage
1900 – Organization of Maritime Workers
1904 – Workers’ Insurance
1910 – The Unemployment Question
1910 – Labor Legislation

May Day

1889 – International Demonstration on May 1, 1890
1891 – International First of May Demonstrations
1893 – Common Action with Regard to First of May Demonstration
1900 – The First of May
1904 – The First of May

Militarism and war

1889 – Abolition of Standing Armies / General Arming of the Population
1891 – Militarism
1893 – Social Democracy in the Event of War
1896 – War and Militarism
1900 – The Fight against Militarism and War
1907 – Militarism and International Conflicts
1910 – War and Militarism
1912 – The Basel Manifesto

Party unity

1889 – Unity of the Socialist Movement and International Congresses
1904 – Party Unity
1910 – Party Unity

Political action / Reform and revolution

1889 – Political and Economic Action
1891 – Working-Class Organization and Action
1893 – Political Action
1896 – Political Action
1896 – The Economic and Industrial Question
1900 – Emancipation of Labor and Expropriation of the Bourgeoisie
1900 – Municipal Socialism
1900 – Socialists in Public Office and Alliances with Bourgeois Parties (Kautsky Resolution)
1904 – On Tactics (Dresden-Amsterdam Resolution)

Trade unions

1889 – Political and Economic Action
1891 – Working-Class Organization and Action
1891 – Motion on Maritime Workers
1893 – National and International Organization of Trade Unions
1896 – The Economic and Industrial Question
1900 – Organization of Maritime Workers
1907 – The Relations between Trade Unions and Socialist Parties
1910 – Trade Union Unity

Trusts

1900 – Trusts
1904 – Trusts

Women’s emancipation

1891 – Women’s Equality
1893 – Protective Legislation for Working Women
1904 – Universal Women’s Suffrage
1907 – Women’s Suffrage

Notes

Sources for Resolutions

Glossary

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Under the Socialist Banner
Congresses and Resolutions of the Second International
Edited by Mike Taber