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Ben Burgis's Bad History

Jacobin's anti-Jacobins

John Ganz
Apr 15, 2022
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In Jacobin, Ben Burgis has a piece arguing “opposing war has always been at the heart of socialist internationalism.” It begins with a total howler:

The International Workingmen’s Association, later known as “the First International,” was founded in 1864 to bring together the world’s left-wing parties and trade unions. Primarily led by Karl Marx, it als…

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