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{{Infobox revolutionary|image_size=200|birth_date=2 February 1818|birth_place=Münster, [[Province of Westphalia|Westphalia]]|death_date=26 August 1866|death_place=St. Louis, [[Missouri]], [[United States of America|United States]]|nationality=German|political_orientation=[[Marxism]]|image=Joseph Weydemeyer.png}} | {{Infobox revolutionary|image_size=200|birth_date=2 February 1818|birth_place=Münster, [[Province of Westphalia|Westphalia]]|death_date=26 August 1866|death_place=St. Louis, [[Missouri]], [[United States of America|United States]]|nationality=German|political_orientation=[[Marxism]]|image=Joseph Weydemeyer.png}} | ||
'''Joseph Arnold Weydemeyer''' (2 February 1818 – 26 August 1866) was an early Statesian Marxist and founder of the [[Proletarian League]]. He was born in Germany and fought in the [[1848 German revolution|Revolution of 1848]] before immigrating to the United States in 1851.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|author=[[William Z. Foster]]|year=1952|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States|title-url=http://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/|chapter=Pioneer Marxists in the United States (1848-1860)|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-two-pioneer-marxists-in-united.html}}</ref> | '''Joseph Arnold Weydemeyer''' (2 February 1818 – 26 August 1866) was an early Statesian Marxist and founder of the [[Proletarian League]]. He was born in Germany and fought in the [[1848 German revolution|Revolution of 1848]] before immigrating to the United States in 1851.<ref name=":1">{{Citation|author=[[William Z. Foster]]|year=1952|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States|title-url=http://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/|chapter=Pioneer Marxists in the United States (1848-1860)|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-two-pioneer-marxists-in-united.html}}</ref> He described [[John Brown]]'s [[Abolitionism|abolitionist]] uprising as a new awakening of the workers' movement that would fight against [[slavery]] and [[wage slavery]]. During the [[Statesian Civil War|Civil War]], he recruited an entire regiment and fought as a colonel in the St. Louis area.<ref name=":12">{{Citation|author=[[William Z. Foster]]|year=1952|title=History of the Communist Party of the United States|title-url=http://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/|chapter=The Marxists in the Struggle Against Slavery (1848-1865)|chapter-url=https://williamzfoster.blogspot.com/2013/01/chapter-three-marxists-in-struggle.html}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Statesian Marxists]] | [[Category:Statesian Marxists]] | ||
[[Category:Statesians of German descent]] | |||
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| Born | 2 February 1818 Münster, Westphalia |
| Died | 26 August 1866 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Nationality | German |
| Political orientation | Marxism |
Joseph Arnold Weydemeyer (2 February 1818 – 26 August 1866) was an early Statesian Marxist and founder of the Proletarian League. He was born in Germany and fought in the Revolution of 1848 before immigrating to the United States in 1851.[1] He described John Brown's abolitionist uprising as a new awakening of the workers' movement that would fight against slavery and wage slavery. During the Civil War, he recruited an entire regiment and fought as a colonel in the St. Louis area.[2]