International, The, is a name given to several early international organizations of workers. Later, it was applied to the international Communist organization directed from Moscow. Karl Marx, a German socialist, founded the first of the workers' internationals in 1864. The organization was called the International Workingmen's Association, or First International. It met in Geneva, Switzerland, and other cities between 1866 and 1872. The group demanded public ownership of land and public utilities, and other reforms. The First International was dissolved in 1876.