Karl Marx – Friedrich Engels – Paul Lafargue, Critique of Bakunin's PoliticsExtract from a text written by Karl Marx (see note 1), Friedrich Engels, FriedrichEngels and Paul Lafargue 1842–1911. Engels 1820–95 became a member of the GC in 1870, after his move from Manchester to London. He became corresponding secretary for a number of countries, and participated in the 1871 London Conference, in addition to being a delegate to The Hague Congress (1872). Lafargue, a writer, was a member of the General Council from 1866 to 1872, Corresponding Secretary for Spain from 1866 to 1869, and Spain and Portugal from 1871 to 1872, and a delegate to the Hague Congress (1872). The text, entitled The Alliance of Socialist Democracy and the International Working Men's Association, was written between April and July 1873 and published in French as a pamphlet in late August (London: A. Darson, 1873). The full original text may be found in PI, II: 383–478, and in English translation in HAGUE: 505–639.