With such reliable friends, Marx devoted himself to the establishment of regional sections of the International WorkingMen's Association in Germany

During these years, there were people in the All-German Workers' Union who devoted themselves to the implementation of a revolutionary policy against the Prussian militarist state; Marx always gave continuous support to all these efforts. He was the German correspondent of the General Council, so the first thing he concentrated on doing was to enlist individual members of the All-German Workers' Confederation in Germany to join the International Workers' Association and to establish regional branches.

He had the support of John Philip Becker in this regard. The latter worked productively among German workers during the Geneva period for the International Workers' Association. From the early thirties onwards, Becker had bravely fought the reactionaries as a revolutionary democrat; After taking part in the Revolution of 1848, he moved to the position of the proletariat. So he warmly congratulated the International Workingmen's Association in 1864 on its founding, and from 1866 onwards published the Herald, the first German-language organ of the International Workingmen's Association, in Geneva.

In Germany, Marx also had reliable friends. Wilhelm Liebknecht worked in Leipzig after his expulsion from Berlin in 1865; Worker Carl William Klein in Zoringen; Mechanical worker Paul Sturmpf in Mainz; Shoemaker August Vogt in Berlin; Dr. Ludwig Kugelmann, in Hanover, was a former member of the Communist League or a ardent supporter of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung. At this time they established the first section of the International Workingmen's Association in Germany and propagated Marx's ideas and writings.

In addition, there were many new comrades-in-arms, first and foremost the young Auguste Bebel. He was the most talented workers' activist in the Confederation of German Workers' Associations; Later, from 1867 onwards, he served as its president. In 1865 he read the founding proclamation of the International "with joy" and in 1866, through the introduction of Liebknecht, joined the International Workers' Association.

News from German cities such as Zölingen, Berlin, Leipzig, Mainz, etc. is often that some workers have joined the International Workers' Association and have formed local branches. Since 1865, Marx has received more and more such reports.

At that time, for Marx, the most confidant who lived in Germany was Wilhelm Liebknecht. Marx corresponded frequently with him. Because the police often took their letters apart or even intercepted them halfway, Marx wrote them under the alias A Williams and Liebknecht under the pseudonym Joel Miller. Marx informed Liebknecht of the latest developments in the International, gave him tactical instructions, entrusted him with some political work, and supplied him with the publications of the General Committee.

(Gemkov's "Marx" reading notes)