Socialist Workers' Party (Netherlands, 1959)

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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]

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