Internationalism

The internationalism of the labor movement

The meaning of internationalism of the Labor movement or proletarian Internationalisme, which began with the XIXe Century while resulting in particular from the democratic revolutions, wishes the end of the confrontations between the States imperialists and the classes, and aims:

initially, to the international solidarity enters the Prolétaire S (workmen, employees, employees, precarious, unemployed….) what implies to be opposed to the wars between the people and to be opposed to the Nationalisme and the Chauvinisme, while defending of the interests which are common to the human beings everywhere in the world;
after a revolutionary process, with the installation of an international mode removing the States and the borders (called Socialism or Communism).

Several visions are opposed then, in particular between Marxisme and Anarchisme, in the vision of this unit, but of the principles remains: neither states, neither classes, nor exploitation.

The defense of this principle was at the origin of the historical scission of 1914, between those which accepted the world war and thus given up internationalism (Social-démocratie), and those which refused that the people massacre themselves between them for the interests of the leaders of each State (Communisme).

This design of internationalism wishes the removal of the nations and the States - “ Sitôt that it could be question of freedom, the State will have ceased existing ” (Friedrich Engels).

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the poem Communard become song: “International the”.

Theorists of Marxist internationalism:

the partisans of this internationalism gather themselves of international structures: International association of the workers, Second International, Third International, Fourth International, etc

“Institutional” internationalism

It is about an organization of the world based on the development:

of the agreements and exchanges between the State S Nation S;
of institutions of dialog and co-operation between them, in the form in particular of international organizations.

Differences with the mondialism

It is seen that internationalism rests on goodwill State-nations and their leaders. One speaks, concerning his operation, of intergouvernementalism.

It should not be confused with the Mondialisme which aims at a unit of the world, with supranational and democratic institutions (democratic Mondialisation), possibly federal.

The rise of internationalism in practice

The 20th century experienced at the same time the exacerbation of nationalisms and the birth and the development of an important network of organizations international, so much

on a worldwide scale (the satellite United Nations and its organizations)

that at the regional level, in particular European integration, starting from a innovating formula of supranational Union, the European Union combining the intergouvernementalism with an amount of federalism, and appearing to make school in other areas of the world (as shows it for example the Déclaration of Cuzco).

The Universalization, or Globalisation, is a factor which should logically accentuate this movement of bringing together of the nations. However it reveals by reaction of the souverainists attitudes, nationalists, communautarists, integrist and protectionist threatening this evolution while pushing with division. Vis-a-vis these two phenomena (gone up nationalisms and rise of the Globalisation), the internationalist attitude aims at making cooperate the various nations, cultures, languages, etc…, world in a total mutual respect and an aim of international collaborations.

Theorists of institutional internationalism

Woodrow Wilson which, in 1918, makes a speech with the Congress giving the list of the 14 points necessary to obtaining peace: “The world must Be made safe for democracy” (peace in the world for the establishment of the democracy), off claims in particular the creation of a “League Nations” (SDN).
Nelson Rockefeller which took responsabilities within the US government within the framework for inter-American collaborations and which have a determining role with dimensioned of the Secretary of State Stettinius at the time of the foundation of UNO.
Edward Stettinius which was Secretary of State under the presidencies Roosevelt and Truman and which have a big role in the creation of the United Nations.

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