Hungarian General Labour Party
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The General Workers Party of Hungary was a socialist political party
in Hungary
1880-1890. The party was led by Leo Frankel
. The party was formed through the merger of two parties, the Hungarian Labour Party and the Non-Voters Party
. The Ministry of Interior had forbidden the party of using the name 'Social Democratic Party', since the term was seen to have revolutionary connotations.
The main organs of the party was Népszava (People's Voice) and the German language
edition Arbeiter-Wochen-Chronik.
The ideological line was largely based on the Gotha Programme, but with some differences. After Frankel's arrest in 1881, the party came under control of more moderate elements, which moved away from the ideas of class struggle
and proletarian internationalism
.
In 1889 the party took part in the founding of the Second International
. In 1890 it founded a new party, the Social Democratic Party of Hungary.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
1880-1890. The party was led by Leo Frankel
Leó Frankel
Leó Frankel was a Communist revolutionary of Hungarian and Jewish origin.- Life :He was born in 1844, in Óbuda...
. The party was formed through the merger of two parties, the Hungarian Labour Party and the Non-Voters Party
Non-Voters Party
The Non-Voters Party was a socialist political party in Hungary, founded around the time of the 1878 election. At the founding meeting of the party, 79 delegates participated. The party sought to represent the non-enfranchised population, and advocated universal suffrage and democratic reforms....
. The Ministry of Interior had forbidden the party of using the name 'Social Democratic Party', since the term was seen to have revolutionary connotations.
The main organs of the party was Népszava (People's Voice) and the German language
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
edition Arbeiter-Wochen-Chronik.
The ideological line was largely based on the Gotha Programme, but with some differences. After Frankel's arrest in 1881, the party came under control of more moderate elements, which moved away from the ideas of class struggle
Class struggle
Class struggle is the active expression of a class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote "The [written] history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle"....
and proletarian internationalism
Proletarian internationalism
Proletarian internationalism, sometimes referred to as international socialism, is a Marxist social class concept based on the view that capitalism is now a global system, and therefore the working class must act as a global class if it is to defeat it...
.
In 1889 the party took part in the founding of the Second International
Second International
The Second International , the original Socialist International, was an organization of socialist and labour parties formed in Paris on July 14, 1889. At the Paris meeting delegations from 20 countries participated...
. In 1890 it founded a new party, the Social Democratic Party of Hungary.