Author: João LázaroThis is the abstract of an article published in Labour History Review (2023), 88, (1), 1-25. Read more. This article discusses the influence the Spanish workers’ movement had in the creation of the Portuguese section of the First International (the International Working Men’s Association) and the political struggles faced by the First International in Portugal. From 1871 until 1876, a battle for the periphery … Continue reading The First International Seen from the Periphery: The Portuguese Case (1871–1876)