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"The Belgian Massacres. To the Workmen of Europe and the United States" is a minor political pamphlet written by Karl Marx in May 1869. In it, Marx responds to the violent repression of strikes which had occurred in Belgium the previous month.
First published: as a leaflet, The Belgian Massacres. To the Workmen of Europe and the United States, May 1869. Marx wrote this address to the workers of Europe and the United States following the bloody events in Belgium in April 1869.
This is a list of massacres which have occurred in the territory now covered by the modern country of Belgium.
NameDateLocationDeathsAugust 19, 1914Aarschot, Flemish Brabant ,156August 1914Andenne, Province of Namur211Aug 21, 1914Tamines, Province of Namur384Aug 23, 1914Dinant, Province of Namur674The Rape of Belgium was a series of systematic war crimes, especially mass murder and deportation, by German troops against Belgian civilians during the invasion and occupation of Belgium during World War I . The neutrality of Belgium had been guaranteed by the Treaty of London of 1839, which had been signed by Prussia.
Synopsis. The confrontation in Charleroi, Belgium, is commonly called la grève [strike] de l'Épine. Starting in 1867, severe wage cuts resulted in numerous strikes in the coal fields of Charleroi and the Borinage. On 26 March 1868 a coalition of some 3,000 miners assembled and occupied L'Épine, the mine located in Montigny-sur-Sambre.
12. Juni 2020 · Leopold II ruled Belgium from 1865-1909 - activists want this statue in Brussels removed due to his brutal regime in Congo Free State. Inside the palatial walls of Belgium's Africa Museum...
The best histories of pre- 1914 Belgian socialism are Andre Mommen, De Belgische Werklieden- partij, 1880-1914 (Ghent, 1980), and Marcel Liebman, Les socialistes belges, 1885-1914 (Brussels, 1979).
