But few voices responded when we proclaimed these words to the world 42 years ago, on the eve of the first Paris Revolution in which the proletariat came out with the demands of its own. On September 28, 1864, however, the proletarians of most of the Western European countries joined hands in the International Working Men’ s Association of glorious memory. True, the International itself lived only nine years.
Sauti chache tu ziliitika tulipotangaza uwito huo ulimwenguni miaka arobaini na mbili iliyopita, karibu na kupambazukia Thawra ya Paris, thawra ya mwanzo ambapo wafanya kazi walijitokeza na madai yao wenyewe. Lakini tarehe 28 Septemba, mwaka 1864, wafanya kazi wa nchi nyingi sana za Ulaya ya Magharibi waliungana katika Jumuiya ya Wafanya kazi wa Dunia y a ukumbusho mtukufu.