At a congress in London in June of 1847, the “League of the Just,” a European socialist-communist secret society with its headquarters in London and an extensive network, reorganized itself as a new “Communist League” (Ligue des communistes) [1]. The new League wanted to break with its tradition as a conspiratorial utopian association (Society [association]) of Gemeinden (“communes,” but also “congregations”) – the term still suggests the old Christian in…