Socialist Workers and Peasants Party of Latvia
The Socialist Workers and Peasants Party of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Sociālistiskā Strādnieku un Zemnieku Partija, LSSZP) was a political party in Latvia. The party was an illegal underground party, formed in 1934 by the left-wing sector of the Latvian Social Democratic Workers Party after the ban on parties following the coup of Kārlis Ulmanis. The party was led by Ansis Rudevics , who had been the chairman of the pre-split Latvian Social Democratic Workers Party.[1]
History
The LSSZP was closely aligned with the
In August 1934 the LSSZP formed a special committee, to lead the underground Jewish socialist movement and Latvian Bund activists participated in this committee.[2] The first LZZSP congress, held in July 1935, recognized the Bund as an autonomous organization under the same terms as the Bund had previously aligned with the Social Democrats.[3] In November 1936 Bund activists were arrested.[4]
The party was disbanded in July 1940 after the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states.[5]
References
- ^ a b Kowalski, Werner. Geschichte der sozialistischen arbeiter-internationale: 1923 - 19. Berlin: Dt. Verl. d. Wissenschaften, 1985. p. 307
- ISBN 9789984914169.
- ISBN 978-9984-643-29-8.
- ISBN 978-9984-9000-4-9.
- ISBN 90-247-3209-3