In 1896, the veteran German socialist and labour movement activist returned to Britain to lecture and serve as a delegate to the Congress of the Second International. Historian Valentin J. Hemberger retraces his steps. On 29 March 1896, Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826–1900), socialist and political activist in the German labour movement, celebrated his seventieth birthday. Numerous congratulations reached the ‘Old Man,’ as he was respectfully nicknamed: … Continue reading A British Episode – Wilhelm Liebknecht in Britain, 1896