http://fabiansociety.org Blog about history worker's Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:26:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Monday morning the British delegates met in St. Martin's Town Hall.James Mawdsley and Tom Mann were nominated for the chair, when the former was elected by ten of a majority, the S. D. F. delegates voting solid for him. J. R. Macdonald and H. W. Lee were ... http://fabiansociety.org/156-british-section/ After the Congress adjourned on Monday, the French delegates met to consider the burning question of the admission of the Yoluntaryists—that is, those who don't believe in State action. All the leaders were present, as were the rank and file—113 all told. In France the Allemanist party do not officially ... http://fabiansociety.org/152-the-split-in-the-feench-section/ This resolution is based on the conviction that it is absurd to took forward to bringing about an amelioration of the present economic conditions by the conquest of the political power, but that, on the contrary, the economic conditions fix and maintain the political. It maintains that the economic emancipation ... http://fabiansociety.org/150-parliamentary-socialist-and-bourgeois-radical-congress/ The letter of our. executive committee asked: "At what International Congress has the German Social Democratic Reichstag-fraction been appointed as European party justice?" After this letter had been read in the Congress Singer declared that the "Fraction" never had the slightest intention to interfere with the interior quarrels of any party ... http://fabiansociety.org/148-german-social-democratic-reichstag-fraction/ COMRADES,—The present report tells of a poriod of struggle, which, we imagine, deserves some attention even outside the boundaries of our small country. It is not the struggle against the property-holding classes and their government to which we owe the most painful experiences of the three years which have passed since ... http://fabiansociety.org/146-dutch-report-socialist-league/ In the three years that have elapsed since the last International Labour Congress was held at Zurich, the progress of the Socialist movement in the United States was marked by a steadiness not less suggostive of solid foundations than promiseful of permanent results. The official count gives the latest ... http://fabiansociety.org/144-united-states-of-america/ Each nationality was expected to submit a report to the Congress showing the state of the movement in their country. The following are selections from such of the reports as were translated into English : This report is taken up exclusively with a detailed account of an abortive attempt made by ... http://fabiansociety.org/142-switzerland/ The Liverpool Fabian Society, while agreeing in the main wi th the policy of the London Society, as set forth in a pamphlet for the information of the Congress, is of opinion that the clause headed " b'abian Electoral Tactics" does not faithfully describe the policy of Fabians as a ... http://fabiansociety.org/140-report-on-fabian-policy-2/ Democracy, as understood by the Fabian Society, means simply the control of the administration by freely elected representatives of the people. The Fabian Society energetically repudiates all conceptions of Democracy as a system by which the technical work of government, such as legislation, administration, and the appointment of public officials, ... http://fabiansociety.org/126-fabian-democracy/ The Fabian Society is perfectly constitutional in its attitude, and its methods are those usual in political life in England. The Fabian Society accepts the conditions imposed on it by human nature and by the national character and political circumstances of the English people It sympathises with the ordinary man's preference ... http://fabiansociety.org/124-fabian-constitutionalism/