Ghent - Bond Moyson

Behind the streetcafes is this impressive building on the Vrijdagmarkt.

Written under the red "BONDMOYSON" is in golden letters "WERKLIEDEN ALLER LANDEN VEREENIGT U", what translates to "Workers of the world, unite!". This is a slogan from the Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels, where it sounds (in German) "Proletarier aller Laender vereinigt euch".

Emiel Moyson, after whom the "BOND MOYSON" is named was a founder and strong supporter of the first trade unions in Belgium. He was a member (No. 37) of the "International Workingmen's Association" (aka "First International"), representing the Genth area. He died, only 30 years old in 1868.


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