The First International Syndicalist Congress was a meeting of European and Latin American syndicalist organizations at Holborn Town Hall in London that began on this day in 1913. The congress was attended by 38 delegates representing 65 organizations from Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, with a total membership between 220,000 and 250,000.

Despite being marked by heated disagreements over both tactics and principles, the Congress succeeded in creating the International Syndicalist Information Bureau as a vehicle of exchange and solidarity between the various organizations, and the "Bulletin international du mouvement syndicaliste" as a means of communication. It would be viewed as a success by almost all who participated.

The First International Congress of Revolutionary Trade Unions (July 3rd to 19th 1921)

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  • TrashGoblin [he/him, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Do you have a gas dryer? My oven smelled like that, and it was incomplete combustion products being produced along with carbon monoxide.

    • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      Electric, I think. hm, might be the oven. Anycase the smell is gone now thankfully, but it had me worried. Very weird. Worth mentioning there was some utility trucks outside my house too, a bucket truck for electrical wires, so maybe that had something to do with it.