Communist League
The Communist League (German: Bund der Kommunisten) was an international political party established on 1 June 1847 in London, England. The organisation was formed through the merger of the League of the Just, headed by Karl Schapper, and the Communist Correspondence Committee of Brussels, Belgium, in which Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were the dominant personalities. The Communist League is regarded as the first Marxist political party and it was on behalf of this group that Marx and Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto late in 1847. The Communist League was formally disbanded in November 1852, following the Cologne Communist Trial.
Communist League Bund der Kommunisten | |
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| Leader | Karl Schapper |
| President | Jean-Adolphus Roquefelliere |
| Founder | Karl Marx Friedrich Engels Karl Schapper |
| Founded | 1 June 1847 |
| Dissolved | November 1852 |
| Merger of | League of the Just Communist Correspondence Committee |
| Succeeded by | First International |
| Headquarters | London Cologne (after 1848) |
| Newspaper | Kommunistische Zeitschrift (1847) Neue Rheinische Zeitung (1848–1849) Neue Rheinische Zeitung Revue (1850) |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism Revolutionary socialism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colours | Red |
| Party flag | |
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