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Wilhelm Liebknecht Wilhelm Liebknecht Co-founder of the Eisenach party and drafter of the Gotha Programme Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1826–1900
August Bebel August Bebel Co-founder of the SPD who led the German workers' movement for over 40 years, the 'shadow emperor' of the working class Political and party leadership · Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1840–1913
Paul Lafargue Paul Lafargue Marx's son-in-law, author of The Right to Be Lazy, first socialist deputy in the French parliament Political and party leadership · French Workers' Party (POF) 1842–1911
Jules Guesde Jules Guesde Veteran founder of French Marxist socialism who entered the Union sacrée government in 1914 Political and party leadership · France state institutions 1845–1922
Pavel Borisovich Axelrod Павел Борисович Аксельрод Theorist of the mass workers' party: the argument that lost to Lenin's vanguard Political and party leadership · Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) 1850–1928
Victor Adler Victor Adler Founder and leader of Austrian Social Democracy who could not stop the war in 1914 and backed it Political and party leadership 1852–1918
Keir Hardie Keir Hardie Former miner who founded the British Labour Party and opposed the First World War to the end, urging an anti-war general strike Political and party leadership · Labour Party (United Kingdom) 1856–1915
Dimitar Nikolov Blagoev Димитр Николов Благоев Founder of Bulgarian socialism who organized Russia's first Marxist circle Political and party leadership · Bulgarian Communist Party (BKP) 1856–1924
Clara Zetkin Clara Zetkin Creator of International Women's Day, she set women's liberation at the heart of class struggle Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Germany (KPD) 1857–1933
Jean Jaurès Jean Jaurès French socialist leader who united the left, founded L'Humanité, and was assassinated fighting to prevent the Great War Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1859–1914
Marcel Sembat Marcel Sembat French Socialist deputy who joined the Union sacrée government as Minister of Public Works in 1914 Political and party leadership · French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) 1862–1922
Émile Vandervelde Émile Vandervelde Chairman of the International Socialist Bureau who led the Second International and joined Belgium’s wartime government in 1914 Political and party leadership · Belgium state institutions 1866–1938
Alexander Nikolayevich Potresov Александр Николаевич Потресов One of the six who built Iskra: the Menshevik theorist who parted with Lenin Political and party leadership · Mensheviks (RSDLP) 1869–1934
Fyodor Ilyich Dan Фёдор Ильич Дан Menshevism's theoretical pillar who stood for democratic socialism against Lenin Political and party leadership · Mensheviks (RSDLP) 1871–1947
Julius Osipovich Martov Юлий Осипович Мартов Lenin’s oldest friend and most principled adversary Political and party leadership · Mensheviks (RSDLP) 1873–1923
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Elizabeth Flynn "East Side Joan of Arc": from the IWW's Rebel Girl to first woman chair of the CPUSA Social movements and organizing · Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) 1890–1964