The International Socialist Workers Congress in Zürich that met from 6 to 13 August 1893 was the third congress of the Second International. The congress passed the "Zurich resolution" which expelled anarchists from the congress. On 12 August, Friedrich Engels was designated the honorary president for the day and delivered the closing address, the only time that Engels addressed a Second International period congress. Notable participants included an official delegation from the British trade union movement, led by John Hodge.
Resolutions Before deliberations could begin, the Congress voted to exclude the anarchists led by Gustav Landauer, who left in protest. Engels later emphasised the need to remain separate from the anarchists in his closing speech. The mandate of Rosa Luxemburg as a delegate of the Socialists of Poland and Lithuania, in opposition to the Polish Social Democratic Party, was also rejected.
Delegations Country # of delegates Notes Australia 1 Austria 27 Victor Adler Bohemia 7 Belgium 17 Emile Vandervelde Brazil 2 Brazilian mandates held by Wilhelm Liebknecht (Ger.) and Robert Seidel (Swiss) Bulgaria 2Yanko Sakazov Denmark 2 France 41 Germany 92 August Bebel, representing the Social Democratic Party of Germany Great Britain 65 Hungary 9 Italy 21 Filippo Turati Poland 11 Stanislaw Mendelson; Ignacy Daszyński Romania 5 Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea Russia 1 Pavel Axelrod Serbia 1 Spain 2 Switzerland 101 Verena Conzett United States 3
References
Bibliography Braunthal, Julius. History of the International, Volume 1: 1864–1914. Haupt, Georges. La Deuxième Internationale, 1889–1914: étude critique des sources, essai bibliographique.
External links "The Times" newsclippings of the 1893 International Socialist congress Report from Great Britain and Ireland by Eleanor Marx The Zurich Resolutions by E. Belfort Bax The New International by E. Belfort Bax