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August Bebel

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
August Bebel , 1840-1913, German Socialist leader. A wood turner by trade, he became a Marxian Socialist under the influence of Wilhelm Liebknecht . At a congress at Eisenach (1869) he was instrumental in founding the German Social Democratic party, which he later represented in the Reichstag and which he led for many years. His antimilitarism and his social program earned him the hatred of Bismarck. In 1872, Bebel and Liebknecht, tried on charges of treason, were sentenced to two years' imprisonment, but this only solidified Bebel's control over the Social Democrats, and he was reelected to... Read more
August Bebel
...spent a total of nearly five years in prison on such charges as 'libel of Bismarck.' He wrote a number of works, including Woman and Socialism (1883), a powerful piece of Social Democratic propaganda. August Bebel August Bebel August Bebel Read more
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Social Democrat A member of a political party that supports social democracy. Wilhelm Liebknecht and August Bebel in Germany first used the term in founding the German Social Democratic Labour Party (1869). In 1875 it was fused with the German... Read more

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