August Ferdinand Bebel (February 22, 1840 – August 13, 1913) was a German social democrat and one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
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Biography
Bebel was born in Deutz, near Cologne; he founded the Sächsische Volkspartei ("Saxon People's Party") in 1867 together with Wilhelm Liebknecht, and the SDAP (Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei, Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany) in 1869, which merged with the ADAV (Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein, "General German Workers' Association") in 1875 to form the SAPD (Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, "Socialist Workers' Party of Germany"), which renamed itself SPD in 1890. Cologne-Deutz, often just Deutz, is a former town presently a borough of Cologne, Germany. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Wilhelm Liebknecht ( March 29, 1826 &ndash August 7, 1900) was a German Social democrat, one of the founders of the The Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany, in German Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, SDAP was a German left-wing political The General German Workers' Association, in German Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein, ADAV was founded on 23 May 1863 by Ferdinand Lassalle The Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands SAPD was a Political party in Germany. The Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands SAPD was a Political party in Germany. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
In 1872, Bebel was convicted in a political lawsuit, the so-called Leipziger Hochverratsprozess, and sentenced to two years in Festungshaft ("imprisonment in a fortress", a variant of a jail sentence that was not considered dishonouring), which he spent at the famous Königstein Fortress. Königstein Fortress (Festung Königstein the " Saxon Bastille " is a famous historic mountaintop Fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Later in his life, he acted as chairman of the SPD and member of the Reichstag. The Reichstag ( German for "Imperial Diet " was the Parliament of the Holy Roman Empire, the North German Confederation, Bebel's book, Women and Socialism was translated into English by Daniel DeLeon of the Socialist Labor Party of America as Woman under Socialism. Daniel De Leon ( December 14, 1852 &ndash May 11, 1914) was a Curaçao -born American socialist and Syndicalism Origins The party was founded in Newark New Jersey, in 1876 as the Workingmen's Party of America. [1] It figured prominently in the Connolly-DeLeon controversy after James Connolly, then a member of the SLP, denounced it as "a lewd book" subversive of traditional values. James Connolly (Séamas Ó Conghaile 5 June 1868 &ndash 12 May 1916 was an Irish Socialist leader Origins The party was founded in Newark New Jersey, in 1876 as the Workingmen's Party of America. [2]
After living in Berlin-Schöneberg for many years, where a commemorative plaque commemorates him at Hauptstraße 97; he died on August 13, 1913 during a visit to a sanatorium in Switzerland and was buried in Zürich. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the
His basic laws of a socialist society are
- Enlistment of all able-bodied people, irrespective of sex, to work[3]
- Abolition of Private Ownership of Land[4]
- Withering Away of the State[5]
Quotes
- "The masses demand that something be done … today. "
- "Anti-Semitism is the socialism of fools. "
- ". . . the Imperial Chancellor can rest assured that German Social Democracy is a sort of preparatory school for militarism", said to Bismarck in 1892. Social democracy is a Political ideology of the left and centre-left Militarism is the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen Duke of Lauenburg Prince of Bismarck ( April 1, 1815 July 30, 1898)
- "Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization. "
Footnotes
- ^ August Bebel: Women and Socialism, Translation by Meta L. Stern (Hebe), Socialist Literature Co. , New York 1910.
- ^ James Connolly & Daniel DeLeon: The Connolly-DeLeon controversy. Cork Workers' Club, Cork 1976.
- ^ August Bebel: Society of the Future, Progress Publishers, Moscow 1971, Chap. 1.
- ^ Ibid., Chap. 2.
- ^ Ibid., Chap. 3.
External links
- Biography of August Bebel, retrieved on May 31st 2007.
- August Bebel Archive at Marxists.org
- Works by August Bebel at Project Gutenberg
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