Working People's Vanguard Party
Working People's Vanguard Party | |
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Founded | 1960s |
Dissolved | 1980 |
Split from | Anti-revisionism |
Working People's Vanguard Party (WPVP) was a small,
Council of Landless People
In 1973, the WPVP supported the Council of Landless People who had attempted to retake ancestral lands that were being encroached upon by the state and the sugar industry. Two thousand people had occupied 200 acres of land. The police evicted them and burned their shacks, triggering a large protest movement. This campaign, backed by a coalition that included the People's Progressive Party, later won a partial victory when the Sugar Producer's Association returned some of the land to the original residents.[2]
Alliances
WPVP took part in the formation of the Working People's Alliance in 1974. In 1976, withdrew from the Working People's Alliance in 1977.[1] In 1980 WPVP joined forces with the "rightist" Liberator Party led by Ganraj Kumar and the People's Democratic Movement to form the Vanguard for Liberation and Democracy.[1][3][4]
People's Temple exposés
On 25 December 1977, a WPVP newspaper called The Beacon and edited by Brindley Benn published an exposé of the
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