Pilgrims and Missionaries: Itinerant Activists
- By Robert Paris
- and Claudie Weill
Pages 12 to 17
Cite this article
- PARIS, Robert
- and WEILL, Claudie,
- Paris, Robert.
- et al.
- Paris, R.
- and Weill, C.
https://doi.org/10.3917/mate.084.0003
Cite this article
- Paris, R.
- and Weill, C.
- Paris, Robert.
- et al.
- PARIS, Robert
- and WEILL, Claudie,
https://doi.org/10.3917/mate.084.0003
Two complementary figures of the militant in exile embody the concept of internationalism: the pilgrim and the missionary. The former was drawn towards the epicentre of international socialism, principally Germany at the time of the Second International, then to Russia after the Revolution, where he often came to play a leading role. The latter took European anarchism, socialism and trade-unionism with him to the New World. There, he encountered immigrant workers and together they formed the embryo of the emerging local labour movement. A study of these journeys highlights the importance of exile and migration in the diffusion of “proletarian” internationalism.
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https://doi.org/10.3917/mate.084.0003