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Anti-Socialist Laws
The Anti-Socialist Laws were a German law passed in October 1878 at Otto von Bismarck's urging after two attempts on the life of Wilhelm I. It banned socialist and social democratic organisations, meetings and publications, although Social Democrats could still stand for the Reichstag. Renewed several times, it lapsed in 1890, by which time the Social Democratic Party had grown stronger.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Anti-Socialist Laws. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/anti-socialist-laws
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