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Wilhelm Weitling: Humanity as it is and as it should be
Weitling Wilhelm, German socialist (Magdeburg, October 5, 1808 – New York, January 25, 1871). Theoretician of utopian socialism. He was a tailor by profession. In Paris, he joined the League of the Exiled (later the League of the Righteous) and participated in the uprising of L. A. Blanqui. He was arrested in Switzerland in 1843 for political agitation, and shortly before the end of his prison sentence he was exiled from the country. Because he lost political influence in the League of the Righteous, he went to the USA, where, except for a short stay in Germany in 1848–49, he remained for the rest of his life. He was in New York in 1850–55. published the magazine Die Republik der Arbeiter, and after the collapse of his workers' union, he retired from politics. Works: Humanity as it is and as it should be (Die Menschheit, wie sie ist und wie sie sein sollte, 1838), Guarantees of Harmony and Freedom (Garantien der Harmonie und Freiheit, 1842), The Gospel of the Poor Sinner (Das Evangelium eines armen Sünders, 1845).
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