Vorarlberg's party of equality
Vorarlberg's equal rights party was founded in 1866 by court adjunct Kaspar Moosbrugger (1830–1917) and his brother-in-law Franz Michael Felder (1839–1869). Because of their progressive ideas, both were exposed to severe personal, social and ecclesiastical hostility in Vorarlberg, and the police and the Lieutenancy feared that a socialist party would gradually emerge if the authorities and clergy did not take strict action against it.
The Vorarlberg party of equality saw itself as radical-conservative and directed against capitalism , although a radical overthrow was rejected.
Goals and principles
The origins of this early socialist thinking in this party can be found on the basis of the ideas of Ferdinand Lassalle (1825–1864), Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl (1823–1897) and possibly also Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809–1865, see also: Proudhonism ). The goals and principles of the Vorarlberg party of equality were (examples):
- State aid for the workers, artisans and small farmers, especially through support for productive cooperatives;
- General and equal voting rights;
- Replacement of Roman law by a national legal system;
- Comprehensive popular education;
- National right of self-determination for all peoples in the Austrian monarchy.
Franz Michael Felder himself founded a cattle insurance company, a dairy cooperative and a public library in Schoppernau .
The goals and principles of this Vorarlberg party of equality were therefore already, like the socialist movement later in the rest of Europe, aimed at
- to promote the education and training of workers (e.g. through workers' training associations),
- to achieve a more favorable economic situation for the workers (e.g. through trade unions),
- to secure a political co-determination of the workers (e.g. through parties).
In 1869 Kaspar Moosbrugger called again in the Vorarlberger Volksblatt to found workers' education associations.
literature
- Werner Bundschuh : "The sun of freedom shines again over the free earth". The SPÖ regional organization Vorarlberg after 1945 . Ed .: Dr. Karl Renner Institute Vorarlberg. Bregenz 2005 ( available online on the SPÖ Rankweil website [PDF]).
- Günter Dietrich: "Social Democracy in Vorarlberg" . Rankweil 2003 ( available online [PDF]).
- Werner Dreier: "Between Kaiser and" Führer ", Vorarlberg in transition 1918–1938" . Bregenz 1986, ISBN 3-900438-18-8 .
- Kurt Greussing (Ed.): In principle: Hope. Labor movement in Vorarlberg 1870–1946 . finks Verlag, 1984.
- Ferdinand Karlhofer: Parties and political competition . In: Peter Bußjäger , Ferdinand Karlhofer, Günther Pallaver (eds.): Vorarlberg's political landscape . Studienverlag , Innsbruck 2010, ISBN 978-3-7065-4649-2 .
- Rheinhard Mittersteiner : "foreigners", craftsmen & comrades. The emergence of the social democratic labor movement in Vorarlberg . Vorarlberger Authors Society , 1994, ISBN 3-900754-15-2 .
- Manfred Scheuch : History of the Vorarlberg Workers up to 1918 . ÖGB-Verlag, Vienna 1961.
- Wolfgang Weber : Wood shavings. State election campaigns, parties and politicians in Vorarlberg from 1945 to 1969 (= series of publications by the Rheticus Society . Volume 43 ). Feldkirch 2004, ISBN 3-900866-79-1 .
- Ernst Winder : Between Fussach and Europe: three decades of Vorarlberg state politics . Hämmerle Verlag, Hohenems 1998, ISBN 3-900851-59-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Petra Paterno: Franz Michael Felder - farmer and do- gooder ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website: wienerzeitung.at from September 20, 2014.
- ↑ Meinrad Pichler: Das Land Vorarlberg 1861 to 2015: History of Vorarlberg, Volume 3 , p. 28.
- ^ A b Manfred Scheuch: History of the Vorarlberg Workers up to 1918. P. 93.
- ↑ a b After Manfred Scheuch : History of the Vorarlberg Workers up to 1918. P. 94.
- ↑ Meinrad Pichler: Das Land Vorarlberg 1861 to 2015: History of Vorarlberg, Volume 3 , p. 27.
- ↑ Gerhard Oberkofler: Beginnings - the Vorarlberg workers' movement until 1890 - from workers' education association to workers' party. in Kurt Greußing: In principle hope - workers' movement in Vorarlberg 1870-1946 . Fink's Verlag, Bregenz 1984, ISBN 3-900438-07-9 , p. 36.
- ^ Based on Manfred Scheuch: History of the Vorarlberg Workers up to 1918. P. 93 f.
- ^ Manfred Scheuch: History of the Vorarlberg Workers up to 1918. P. 91.
- ^ Günter Dietrich: Social Democracy in Vorarlberg. P. 6.
