New York Communist Club

The New York Communist Club was a communist organisation set up in New York City in 1857. It was particularly active in the abolitionist struggle, leading it to become inactive during the American Civil War, as so many of its members were in the Union Army.[1]

Friedrich Sorge, Albert Komp and Abraham Jacobi were involved in forming the organisation.[2] The Club adopted as a fundamental principle that "every [doctrine] not founded on the perception of concrete objects" should be rejected.[3] They also stated: "We recognize no distinction as to nationality or race, caste, or status, color, or sex; our goal is but reconciliation of all human interests, freedom, and happiness for mankind, and the realization and unification of a world republic."[4]

In 1867 the New York Communist Club affiliated as Section 1 of the International Workingmen's Association.[5]

References
  1. Nimtz, August H. Jr. (2003). Marx, Tocqueville, and Race in America: The 'Absolute Democracy' or 'Defiled ... Lexington Books. p. 79.
  2. Ernst, Robert (1994). Immigrant Life in New York City, 1825-1863. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. p. 119.
  3. Messer-Kruse, Timothy (1988). The Yankee International: Marxism and the American Reform Tradition, 1848-1876. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 73. ISBN 0-8078-2403-8.
  4. Foster, William Z. "History of the Communist Party of the United States". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  5. Arneson, Eric, ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of U.S. labor and working-class history. New York: Routledge. p. 1288. ISBN 978-0-415-96826-3.
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