Polish Socialist Party – Left

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Polish Socialist Party – Left Polska Partia Socjalistyczna – Lewica
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Polish Socialist Party – Left (Polish: Polska Partia Socjalistyczna – Lewica, PPS–L), also known as the Young Faction (Polish: Młodzi), was one of two factions into which Polish Socialist Party divided itself in 1906 at its ninth congress.^[1] Its primary goal was transform Poland into a socialist country, established through proletarian revolution, and likely a member of some international communist country.

Its opposition was the

(also known as Old Faction – Starzy) which wanted to restore independent Poland, which was envisioned as a representative democracy.

PPS–L for a time gathered most of the former PPS members, but with the failure of the

.

One member of Lewica was elected to the

Dnipropetrovsk

) on 19 March 1918.

Prominent activists of the PPS–L were:

.

PPS–L was recreated in 1926 by PPS activists who opposed PPS involvement with Józef Piłsudski (particularly in the aftermath of his May Coup). It was delegalized in 1931.

See also

• Western Rifle Division

References