During the Commune of Paris, the General Council of the International Working’s Men’s Association met at 256 High Holborn, upstairs above Edward Truelove’s radical bookshop and printing press.\u00a0 Truelove printed Karl Marx’s\u00a0 defense of the Commune and Communards,”The Civil War in France”, which precipitated\u00a0 the last great\u00a0row on the General Council between the socialists headed\u00a0 by Karl Marx and radical\u00a0 trades unionists headed by the now forgotten George Odger<\/p>\n
Marx lived in Kentish Town, Odger in St Giles so this ideological battle over the\u00a0 future of the left, reformist or revolutionary was a Camden fight.<\/p>\n
Thursday 9th October 2014 at 7.15<\/strong><\/p>\n Camden Studies\u00a0 and Archives Centre <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" During the Commune of Paris, the General Council of the International Working’s Men’s Association met at 256 High Holborn, upstairs above Edward Truelove’s radical bookshop and printing press.\u00a0 Truelove printed Karl Marx’s\u00a0 defense of the Commune and Communards,”The Civil War in France”, which precipitated\u00a0 the last great\u00a0row on the General Council between the socialists headed\u00a0 … <\/p>\n
\n2nd floor, Holborn Library
\n32-38 Theobalds Rd,
\nLondon WC1X 8PA<\/p>\n