It was composed of Bolesław Limanowski, Zygmunt Balicki, Erazm Kobylański, Kazimierz Sosnowski, Józef Uziembło, Aleksander Zawadzki and others.
Unlike Ludwik Waryński's group, the association was not Marxist in nature, although it was influenced by the thought of Marx and Engels and some of its leaders came into contact with them.
[2] The association openly criticized the Polish nobility and bourgeoisie and accused them of betraying democratic and libertarian ideals.
In his appeal, he affirmed that his objective was liberation from the economic, political-national and social yoke; on the other hand, creating, on the basis of social solidarity, the most appropriate conditions for the integral development (physical, mental and moral) of all, and at the same time ensuring the greatest possible individual freedom, regulated solely by solidarity.
The key points of the program were the following:[2] Abolition of... For Poland, "an independent national existence within the limits of voluntary gravitation" was demanded.