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The Communist League was the first Marxist international organisation. It was originally founded as the '''League of the Just''' in 1836 . This was initially a Utopian Socialist and Christian Communist grouping following the ideas of Gracchus Babeuf . It grew into an international organisation, which Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels later joined. The motto of the ''League of the Just'' was "All Men are Brothers" and its goals were "the establishment of the Kingdom of God on Earth, based on the ideals of love of one's neighbour, equality and justice". The League held a conference in London in June 1847 which Friedrich Engels attended. He convinced the League to change its motto to Karl Marx 's phrase, ''Working Men of All Countries, Unite!''. At the same conference, the organisation was renamed the ''Communist League'' and was significantly restructured. The conference itself was counted as the first congress of the new League. The Communist League held a second congress, also in London, in November and December 1847. Both Marx and Engels attended, and they were mandated to draw up a Manifesto for the organisation. This became '' The Communist Manifesto ''. The League was not able to function effectively during the against the Prussians (June and July 1849 ) as the aide-de-camp of August Willich . The Communist League reassembled in late 1849, and by , the organisation was formally wound up. EXTERNAL LINKS
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