TY - CHAP
T1 - Organizable and Unorganizable Migrants. Racism and Internationalism in Early-Twentieth-Century Social Democracy
AU - Poy, Lucas
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Following an initiative of the Argentine Socialist Party, the Second International discussed the “question of migration” during its congresses in Amsterdam (1904) and Stuttgart (1907). While the topic was not entirely new, on this occasion parties from the non-European “peripheries” played an important role and the discussion soon gave rise to a polarization of opinions on the racial problem and the movement of Asian workers. The chapter explores the positions of US and European delegates and juxtaposes them to those from Japan and other allegedly peripheral societies. Drawing upon secondary literature, socialist newspapers from different countries and archive materials of the Second International, the chapter shows how the “question” of migration, and the problems it posed to labour and socialist movements, sparked complicated arguments on the interplay between racism, solidarity, and internationalism.
AB - Following an initiative of the Argentine Socialist Party, the Second International discussed the “question of migration” during its congresses in Amsterdam (1904) and Stuttgart (1907). While the topic was not entirely new, on this occasion parties from the non-European “peripheries” played an important role and the discussion soon gave rise to a polarization of opinions on the racial problem and the movement of Asian workers. The chapter explores the positions of US and European delegates and juxtaposes them to those from Japan and other allegedly peripheral societies. Drawing upon secondary literature, socialist newspapers from different countries and archive materials of the Second International, the chapter shows how the “question” of migration, and the problems it posed to labour and socialist movements, sparked complicated arguments on the interplay between racism, solidarity, and internationalism.
UR - https://brill.com/display/title/69374
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789004686984
T3 - Studies in Global Social History
SP - 196
EP - 215
BT - Migrant Actors Worldwide
A2 - Hoerder, Dirk
A2 - Neissl, Lukas
PB - Brill
ER -