Socialist Party of Greece

Socialist Party of Greece Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας
Founded	1920
Dissolved	1953
Ideology	Socialism Republicanism Svolism Anti-fascism Left-wing nationalism
Political position	Left-wing
International affiliation	Labour and Socialist International
Politics of Greece Political parties Elections

The Socialist Party of Greece (Greek: Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, ΣΚΕ) was a political party in Greece. The party was formed in 1920, as an anti-Comintern minority split away at the second congress of the Socialist Labour Party of Greece. The group that founded the Greek Socialist Party was led by A. Sideris. The party was active in trade unions, and in 1931 the leading party member Dimitris Stratis was elected General Secretary of the General Confederation of Greek Workers (G.S.E.E.).^[1]

The party was a member of the Labour and Socialist International between 1923 and 1931, and again in 1933.^[2]

In 1931 a group broke away from the party and founded the Independent Socialist Party. Stratis was the leader of the splinter party. The Independent Socialist Party was very short-lived, though, and the following year Stratis returned to the Socialist Party and became a member of its Central Committee.^[3]

During the Second World War, the party launched the Union for People's Democracy (E.L.D.) as a front for resistance activities. E.L.D. was a minor resistance group compared to the communist-led National Liberation Front (E.A.M.). The Socialist Party member Professor Alexandros Svolos became appointed President in the government formed by the Greek resistance in 1944.^[1]

In February 1949, the Socialist Party broke its links with the Communist Party of Greece. In the 1952 elections, however, it suffered a defeat.^[4]

In September 1953 the party merged with the Democratic Party, forming the Democratic Party of Working People. Two months later, socialists founded the Greek Socialist League as a platform for socialist politics within the new party.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Braunthal, Julius (ed). Yearbook of the International Socialist Labour Movement. Vol. I. London: Lincolns-Prager International Yearbook Pub. Co, 1957. p. 259
↑ Kowalski, Werner. Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 - 19. Berlin: Dt. Verl. d. Wissenschaften, 1985.
↑ Lane, A. Thomas. Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders 2. M – Z. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1995. p. 937
↑ Braunthal, Julius (ed). Yearbook of the International Socialist Labour Movement. Vol. I. London: Lincolns-Prager International Yearbook Pub. Co, 1957. p. 260

Socialism in Greece

Ideology	Modern Greek Enlightenment Pacifism Democratic socialism Agrarian socialism Marxism–Leninism Anti-imperialism Republicanism Left-wing nationalism

Organizations	Socialist Workers' Federation National Liberation Front Greek People's Liberation Army United Panhellenic Organization of Youth Political Committee of National Liberation Democratic Army of Greece Panhellenic Liberation Movement

Political Parties	Socialist Party of Greece Communist Party of Greece Agricultural and Labour Party Agricultural Party of Greece Democratic Alignment United Democratic Left PASOK Fighting Socialist Party of Greece Greek Left Democratic Social Movement Coalition of Left Movements and Ecology Communist Organization of Greece Coalition of the Radical Left

People	Rigas Feraios Marinos Antypas Avraam Benaroya Ion Dragoumis Pandelis Pouliopoulos Alexandros Papanastasiou Yiannis Ritsos Aris Velouchiotis Stefanos Sarafis Evripidis Bakirtzis Alexandros Svolos Nikos Zachariadis Markos Vafiadis Ilias Tsirimokos Charilaos Florakis Maria Damanaki Manolis Glezos Andreas Papandreou

Historical events	Kileler incident Greek Resistance Dekemvriana Greek Civil War Athens Polytechnic uprising

Policies	Demotic Greek Gender equality Social progressivism

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