Founder Congress of the Third International

About 50 communist delegates representing roughly 20 countries gathered in moscow on march second, 19 19 to found a new international. The invitation declared the communist intention to completely overturn the capitalist world order and replace false bourgeois democracy with soviet style councils. Most of the delegates present were already residing in russia. Only nine delegates were able to show up from abroad. Though there was a delegate each representing france, germany, norway, sweden, switzerland, hungary, two for austria and one delegate representing the socialist party of America.