Founding of the Red Trade Union International

Mike Taber is editor of The Communist Movement at a Crossroads (Brill, 2018), Fighting Fascism (Haymarket Books, 2017), and Under the Socialist Banner (Haymarket Books, 2021). He has also edited and prepared collections by Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, James P. Cannon, and Maurice Bishop.

• IntroductionAbout This EditionList of AbbreviationsProceedings of the RILU First CongressSession 1. 3July 1921, EveningOpening Session; GreetingsSession 2. 4July 1921, EveningCongress Organisation; Work of International CouncilSession 3. 6July 1921, Morning–AfternoonManifesto; Debate on International Council ReportSession 4. 8July 1921, Morning–AfternoonWorld Economic Crisis; Trade Union Tasks and TacticsSession 5. 9July 1921, Morning–AfternoonCredentials; RILU-Comintern RelationsSession 6. 9July 1921, EveningRILU-Comintern Relations (continued)Session 7. 10July 1921, Morning–AfternoonRILU-Comintern Relations (continued)Session 8. 11July 1921, Morning–AfternoonRILU-Comintern Relations (continued)Session 9. 11July 1921, EveningRILU-Comintern Relations; Workers’ ControlSession 10. 13July 1921, Morning–AfternoonFactory Committees; Italian QuestionSession 11. 13July 1921, EveningItalian Question (continued)Session 12. 14July 1921, Morning–AfternoonDebate on TacticsSession 13. 14July 1921, EveningDebate on Tactics (continued)Session 14. 15July 1921, Morning–AfternoonDebate on Tactics (continued)Session 15. 15July 1921, EveningOrganisation Report; Women in UnionsSession 16. 18July 1921, Morning–AfternoonCommission Reports; War VictimsSession 17. 19July 1921, Morning–AfternoonTrade Unions in East; Commission Reports; Russian Anarchists; Congress ClosingStatements Handed in to Presidium and Attached to MinutesCongress Commissions and Central Council SessionOrganisation CommissionCommission on TacticsCommission on Workers’ ControlCentral Council SessionResolutionsManifesto to the Workers of the WorldResolution on the Activity of the Provisional Council of Red Trade and Industrial Unions over the Past YearResolution on Relations between the Red Labour Union International and the Communist InternationalResolution on the Italian QuestionResolution on the Tasks and Tactics of Trade UnionsResolution on Workers’ ControlResolution on Factory CommitteesResolution on the Organisation QuestionStatutes of the Red International of Labour UnionsResolution on the Women’s QuestionResolution on the Unemployment QuestionResolution on the Question of War VictimsResolution on the Labour Movement in the Near and Far Eastern Countries and the ColoniesAppeal against the White TerrorTo the Workers of the United KingdomTo the Spanish ProletariatGreetings to the Russian PeopleAppendix1: Amiens CharterAppendix2: June 1920 Conference of Unionists from Britain, Italy, and RussiaAppendix3: KAPD Resolution on the Trade-Union QuestionAppendix4: Women in the French Metallurgy IndustryLouise HeuchelChronologyGlossaryBibliographyIndex