Communist Party of Belgium
| Communist Partij van België Parti Communiste de Belgique |
|
|---|---|
| founding | 1921 |
| resolution | 1989 |
| newspaper | De Roode Vaan Le Drapeau Rouge |
| Alignment |
Marxism-Leninism , Communism |
| International connections | Comintern |
The Communist Party of Belgium ( Kommunistische Partij van België / Parti Communiste de Belgique ; abbreviated KPB / PCB) was a Belgian party that existed from 1921 to 1989 . She took a Marxist-Leninist point of view.
history
The party was founded on the unification congress of the Communist Party (led by War Van Overstraeten ) and the Belgian Communist Party (a split from the Belgian Workers' Party led by Joseph Jacquemotte ) on 3/4. September 1921 in Anderlecht . On August 18, 1950, at the height of the conflict over a Belgian republic or the continuation of the monarchy, the party leader Julien Lahaut was murdered.
Members
According to the US State Department, the party had around 10,000 members in the mid-1960s.
Election results
Until 1985 the party was represented in the Belgian parliament.
Publications
Her two most important publications, Le Drapeau Rouge and De Roode Vaan , appeared at times as daily newspapers.
resolution
In 1989 the French- and Dutch-speaking sections of the KPB / PCB separated from each other and the Communist Partij and the Parti Communiste emerged as completely independent organizations.
Web links
- Guy Van Sinoy: Divorcee van de Belgian CP . (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roger W. Benjamin, John H. Kautsky: Communism and Economic Development . In: The American Political Science Review , March 1968, pp. 122 ff., JSTOR 1953329