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The
Anti-Socialist Laws or
Socialist Laws (
German:
Sozialistengesetze; officially
Gesetz gegen die gemeingefährlichen Bestrebungen der Sozialdemokratie = Law against the generally dangerous endeavours of Social Democracy) were a series of
acts, the first of which was passed on
October 19 1878 by the
German Reichstag for a limited term, and the later ones regularly extending the term of its application. The legislation was passed after two failed attempts to
assassinate Kaiser Wilhelm I by the radicals
Max Hödel and Dr.
Karl Nobiling; it was meant to curb the growing strength of the
Social Democratic Party (SPD, named SAP at the time), which was blamed for influencing the assassins. Although the law didn't ban the SPD directly, it aimed to cripple the organisation through various means. The banning of any group or meeting of whose aims were to spread
socialist principles, the outlawing of trade unions and the closing of 45 newspapers are examples of suppression. The party circumvented these measures by having its candidates run as ostensible independents, by relocating publications outside of Germany and by spreading Social Democratic views as verbatim publications of Reichstag speeches, which were privileged speech with regard to censorship. The laws' main proponent was Chancellor
Otto von Bismarck, who feared the outbreak of a socialist revolution similar to the one that created the
Paris Commune in
1871. Despite the government's attempts to weaken the SPD, the party continued to grow in popularity. A bill introduced by Bismarck in 1888 which would have allowed for the
denaturalization of Social Democrats was rejected. After Bismarck's resignation in
1890, the Reichstag didn't renew the legislation, allowing it to lapse.
Some notable Social Democrat members of the Reichstag in the Anti-Socialist Laws era
Image:Wilhelm Liebknecht.jpg|Wilhelm Liebknecht (1826–1900)
Image:August Bebel 2.jpg|August Bebel (1840–1913)
Image:Wilhelm Hasenclever.jpg|Wilhelm Hasenclever (1837–1889)
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