WI: First International Expells Marx instead of Bakunin

The First International was dominated by a vicious debate between Marx, who advocated State Socialism, and Bakunin, who advocated a type of Anarchism. It should be noted that Bakunin predicted with startling accuracy the degeneration of Revolutionary Parties that stood for election into reformist parties, as well as the horrors of the Soviet Union during the course of these debates (which were in the 1860s).

Obviously in OTL, Marx won and got Bakunin kicked out of the International. What would be required for Marx to be kicked out instead, and what effect would such have on the world wide labor movement?
 
Well, <tries to dig up memories from Modern Russian History class>, Bakunin, I think, was affiliated with some of the more violent elements of European anarchism. He was probably too radical to build anything other than a small fringe movement, and I suspect that thats what the First International would have turned into under his leadership, while Marx and his supporters went off to found their own, much more successful, political group.
 
Maybe more anarchist bombers will be active. If marx is expelled his followers and him will likely create a split off international. It will probably be more moderate in the long run.
 
You lot do realize that most Anarchist violence was retaliatory, right? The Pinkertons locked a bunch of strikers into a train car in the desert and let them fry. This led to assassination attempts.


Edit: Also, what do you mean by "fringe"? Do you mean not successful in elections? Or not influential? Cause the two are very distinct from each other.
 
You lot do realize that most Anarchist violence was retaliatory, right? The Pinkertons locked a bunch of strikers into a train car in the desert and let them fry. This led to assassination attempts.


Edit: Also, what do you mean by "fringe"? Do you mean not successful in elections? Or not influential? Cause the two are very distinct from each other.

I was talking more about European anarchist bombers. Like the ones that would set bombs off in Parisian cafes.

It is possible though that if there is there is a Bakunin run international the Anarchists will spend more time debating and discussing in their very own forum rather than being active.
 
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