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, where in the following year he helped to found the "International Alliance of Socialist Democracy," of which he drew up the programme. This programme gives a good succinct résumé of his opinions:—

The International Alliance of Socialist Democracy desired to become a branch of the International Working Men's Association, but was refused admission on the ground that branches must be local, and could not themselves be international. The Geneva group of the Alliance, however, was admitted later, in July 1869.

The International Working Men's Association had been founded in London in 1864, and its statutes and programme were drawn up by Marx. Bakunin at first did not expect it to prove a success and refused to join it. But it spread with remarkable rapidity in many countries and soon became a great power for the propagation of Socialist ideas. Originally it was by no means wholly Socialist, but in successive Congresses, Marx won it over more and more to his