Socialist Workers' Party (Netherlands, 1959)

The Socialist Workers' Party (Dutch: Socialistische Werkers Partij, abbreviated SWP) was a communist party in the Netherlands. SWP was founded in 1959, after a split within the leadership of the Communist Party of the Netherlands.[1] The founders of CPN opposed the CPN party secretary Paul de Groot.[2] They had formed the Brug-group, and launched the new party in July 1959.[3] The party held its first congress in Amsterdam, January 23-24, 1960.[4]

Ideologically SWP adhered to Marxism-Leninism, and the party was organized along the lines of democratic centralism. The party had a membership of around 500.[2]

The party proclaimed its solidarity with the Soviet Union, but the Soviets paid little interest in the Dutch splinter group.[2]

In 1965 the majority of SWP members joined the Pacifist Socialist Party.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Groenveld, Simon, Horst Lademacher, and Renate Loos. Ablehnung - Duldung - Anerkennung: Toleranz in den Niederlanden und in Deutschland ; ein historischer und aktueller Vergleich. Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur Nordwesteuropas, 9. Münster [u.a.]: Waxmann, 2004. p. 674
  2. 1 2 3 4 Backes, Uwe. Communist and Post-Communist Parties in Europe. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008. p. 17
  3. ↑ Nollau, Günther. International Communism and World Revolution: History & Methods. London: Hollis & Carter, 1961. p. 313
  4. ↑ Archief H.H. Drenth
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