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The Anti-Socialist Laws or '''Socialist Laws''' (, the first of which was passed on October 19 1878 by the German Reichstag . Passed after two failed attempts to assassinate Kaiser Wilhelm I by the radicals Max Hödel and Karl Nobiling , the laws were meant to curb the growing strength of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), which was blamed for influencing the assassins. The laws' main proponent was Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck , who feared the outbreak of a socialist revolution similar to the one that created the Paris Commune in 1871 . Despite the government's attempts to weaken the SPD, the party continued to grow in popularity. After Bismarck's resignation in 1890 , the laws were not renewed. FURTHER READING
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