Workers' Educational Association (London)

The German communist workers' association in London, founded on 7 February 1840 by members of the League of the Just. Its small office press, the "Bildungs- Gesellschaft für Arbeiter", was run by the printer J. E. Burghard at 46 Liverpool Street, Bishopsgate — a member of the Communist League from June 1847. In January 1848 the tailor Friedrich Lessner brought it the manuscript of the Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei, which it printed in February 1848, the first edition of the Communist Manifesto. The association continued in London until 1918.

Years

1840–1918

Location

London, United Kingdom

Published abroad for

The movement of Germany; this press is also listed under Germany on the globe

Also known as

Bildungs-Gesellschaft für Arbeiter · Kommunistischer Arbeiterbildungsverein · Deutscher Arbeiterbildungsverein · German Workers' Educational Association

Affiliation

Founded by members of the League of the Just; linked to the Communist League

Languages

German

Authority records

Wikidata

Sources

German Wikipedia — Deutscher Arbeiterbildungsverein; German Wikipedia — Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei

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