PROGRAM FOR THE 5TH CONGRESS 
 
 
                         Written July 14, 1870 
 
                                Printed in  
                       _La Liberte_, July 31, 1870 
                    _Der Volkstaat_, August 13, 1870 
 
               This etext is from the _La Liberte_ article 
 
 
     1.  On the need to abolish the public debt.  Discussion of the 
         right to compensation.  
 
     2.  Relationship between political action and the social move- 
         ment of the working class.  
 
     3.  Practical means of converting land property into social 
         property (see footnote). 
 
     4.  Conversion of banks of issue into national banks. 
 
     5.  Conditions of cooperative production on a national scale. 
 
     6.  Need for the working class to draw up general statistics 
         of labor, in conformity with the Geneva Congress resol- 
         utions in 1866. 
 
     7.  Reconsideration by the Congress of the question of ways  
         to stop wars.  
 
Footnote to Point 3:  The Belgian General Council has proposed this 
question:  
 
     "Concerning the practical means of forming agricultural branches 
     within the International and of establishing solidarity between 
     agricultural proletarians and proletarians of other industries." 
 
The General Council of the International Association believes this 
question is contained in Point 3. 
 
 
               CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION TO ALL SECTIONS 
 
     1.  The General Council requests all sections to give their 
         delegates formal instructions concerning the advisability  
         of changing the venue of the General Council for 1870-71.  
 
     2.  In the event of agreement on the change, the General  
         Council will propose Brussels as the venue for the  
         General Council that year.  
 
 
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