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• Comment: A lot of this article is not actually about the club itself, going instead into a lot of detail on the Whitechapel murders. The "inquest" section is obviously related, but can you significantly condense the section on the murder above that, or perhaps move it to a relevant article? For the "Jack the Ripper theory" section, it's unclear to me whether statements like Williams does not provide factual evidence for his thesis, mostly relying on circumstancial speculation and guesswork. are your own conclusion upon reading the book, or if they are stated by any sources in particular. Can you clarify this by putting appropriate footnotes on individual statements, rather than reserving all of them for the end of the paragraph? asilvering (talk) 18:49, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

The International Working Men's Educational Club (IWMEC), colloquially the International Workmen's Club or the Berner Street Club, was a left-wing meeting spot in Whitechapel, London for socialists, anarchists, and social democrats, modelled after the ideals of the International Workmen's Association. The club was a centre for London's Jewish socialist community and acted as an editorial and publishing house for various Yiddish-language newspapers. It operated between 1885 and 1906.

On 30 September 1888, the body of Elizabeth Stride, the third "canonical" victim of the Whitechapel murders, was discovered in the passageway of the club, with members of the IWMEC testifiying at Stride's murder inquest the following week.

Tensions between anarchist and socialist members of the club led to a split-off in 1891. The former group went on to form the Jubilee Street Club.