Revolutionary Socialist Party (Colombia)
Revolutionary Socialist Party Partido Socialista Revolucionario | |
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Abbreviation | PSR |
Founder | María de los Ángeles Cano Márquez |
Founded | December 1926 |
Dissolved | 1930 |
Succeeded by | Colombian Communist Party |
Ideology | Socialism Marxism Communism |
Political position | Left wing |
The Revolutionary Socialist Party (Spanish: Partido Socialista Revolucionario, PSR) was one of the first stable Marxist political party in Colombia.[1] It is the predecessor to the modern Colombian Communist Party, formed in 1930.
History
[edit]It was founded in 1926 during the Third Worker's Congress, with origins in the National Workers' Confederation, as well as peasant, tenant, and indigenous groups. Its leadership was composed mostly of peasants with intellectuals, workers, and small land owners as well.[1]
In 1927, its first National Convention was held in La Dorada, Caldas. Its entire leadership, being arrested by the police prior to the Convention, ended up meeting in the municipality's prison.[citation needed]
Among its members were María Cano, Tomás Uribe Márquez, Felipe Lleras, Ignacio Torres Giraldo, Gilberto Vieira White, and José Gonzalo Sánchez.[1]
The failure of the banana strike in Ciénaga, Magdalena in 1928 plunged the PSR into a deep crisis that led to its practical division.[citation needed]
On July 17, 1930, the expanded plenary of the party's Central Committee officially renamed the party the Colombian Communist Party, now a member of Communist International. This initiated a campaign of "Bolshevikzation", from which María Cano and Tomás Uribe Márquez would emerge as party leaders.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Vanegas Useche, Isidro (2013). "Apóstoles del pueblo. El carácter de los liderazgos revolucionarios en Colombia, 1924-1930" [Apostles of the People. The character of the revolutionary leadership in Colombia, 1924-1930]. Portal de Revistas UNAL (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "La izquierda colombiana en los archivos de la Unión Soviética" [The Colombian Left in the archives of the Soviet Union]. El Espectador (in Spanish). 26 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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