The emergence / development of social and working class movement in the city of Thessaloniki (working associations and labor unions)

Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.38, No.2, 1997, pages 285-306

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The multiethnic city of the world’s desire, by the late 19th and early 20thcentury will be the cradle for many of the innovations appeared and appealed in the social field of the Ottoman society. Crossroads of the axis west-east andsouth-north, a melting pot of the liberal ideology of Europe, Orthodox identityof the Balkan people and the Asiatic despotism of the declining Ottoman state,will be the city where free-masons, along with “Jauressian” aspects’ socialists,moderate nationalists and young anarchists will create the first socialistformations. The paper is a quick view of the emancipation process of theworking class movement, from the last decades of 19th century, when the firstclubs, societies and “cemiyefs were emerged, towards the last Ottoman yearsand the aftermath of the 1st Balkan War.
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Ανάπτυξη στην πόλη της Θεσσαλονίκης
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This paper submited at the International conference on “The Jewish Communities inSouth-Eastern Europe from the 15th Century to the End of World War II”, which tookplace in Thessaloniki between 30 October and 3 November 1992, but, unfortunately, fortechnical reasons it was omitted from the proceedings.