Ludo Martens
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Ludo Martens | |
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| President of the Workers' Party of Belgium | |
| In office 4 November 1979 – 2 March 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Peter Mertens |
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| Born | Ludo Martens 12 March 1946 Torhout, Belgium |
| Died | 5 June 2011 (aged 65) |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Belgium |
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Ludo Martens (12 March 1946 – 5 June 2011) was a Belgian activist who founded and served as the first leader of the Workers' Party of Belgium. He wrote several works on the political history of Central Africa and the Soviet Union.[1][2]
In 1968, Martens founded the group Alle macht aan de arbeiders (All Power to the Workers), which became the Workers' Party of Belgium in 1979. He served as president of the Workers' Party until 2008. Martens was the last foreigner to meet North Korean president Kim Il Sung before his death on 8 July 1994. According to a press release by the Workers' Party, Martens died on the morning of 5 June 2011 after a long illness.[3]
Biography
Martens was born in 1946, as the eldest son of a furniture manufacturer.
Another View of Stalin
In 1994, Martens published Another View of Stalin (Un autre regard sur Staline), a work that challenges in particular the commonly accepted view of
Works
- Pierre Mulele, ou, La seconde vie de Patrice Lumumba (Antwerp: Éditions EPO, 1985). OCLC 23219832.
- Sankara, Compaoré, et la révolution burkinabé (EPO, 1989). ISBN 2-87262-033-8.
- Abo: une femme du Congo (EPO, 1992). ISBN 2-87262-103-2.
- L'U.R.S.S. et la contre-révolution de velours (USSR: The Velvet Counter Revolution) (EPO, 1991). ISBN 2-87262-057-5.
- Un autre regard sur Staline (Another View of Stalin) (EPO, 1994). ISBN 2-87262-081-8.
- Kabila et la révolution congolaise: panafricanisme ou néocolonialisme? (EPO, 2002). ISBN 2-87262-191-1.
See also
References
- ^ Vanoost, Lode (11 March 2018). "Spreken over kolonisatie: niet langer zonder de Congolezen" [Talking about colonization: no longer without the Congolese]. DeWereldMorgen.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- S2CID 163672254. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "En mémoire de Ludo Martens (1946-2011)". Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Workers' Party of Belgium (in French). 6 June 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Brar, Harpal (2011). Richards, Sam; Saba, Paul (eds.). "Obituary: Ludo Martens (1946-2011)". Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism – via Marxists Internet Archive.
- ^ a b Martens, Ludo (1994). Another View of Stalin. Archived 26 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Antwerp: Éditions EPO. Complete and free PDF of the text of the book in English. Un autre regard sur Staline. Archived 14 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Complete and free PDF of the text of the book in the original French. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Text of the Nazi–Soviet Non-Aggression Pact". Fordham. 23 August 1939.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help). - ^ Mertens, Peter (31 December 2016). "'Zijn regeringspartijen zo bang van PVDA dat feiten niet langer van tel zijn?'" [Are government parties so afraid of PVDA that facts no longer count?]. Site-Knack-NL (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
External links
- "Another View of Stalin". Complete and free PDF-download of the text of the book in English. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- "Ludo Martens". Goodreads. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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