Revolutionary Socialist Party (Sweden)
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Revolutionära Socialistiska Partiet (Revolutionary Socialist Party), a Swedish political party founded in 1945, as the Independent Labour Party (Oberoende Arbetarpartiet). It was founded by a group that had split from the Left Socialist Party
(VSP), when VSP had developed in a pro-Western direction. Leaders included Evald Höglund and Gottfrid Nyberg.
OAP published two issues of Vårt Ord.
In 1949 the group was reconstructed as Revolutionary Socialists (Revolutionära Socialister). RS became the first Swedish section of the Fourth International
. The following year it changed name to RSP at a conference in Stockholm
. The group gathered around a dozen persons.
RSP was active in the 1950 municipal elections in Stockholm
(they got 1900 votes) and during the dockers' strike of 1951. RSP published two issues of Internationalen.
RSP was a short-lived party. Soon the leadership of FI ordered RSP to enter SAP and practice fraction politics, entryism
, within this party. The members of RSP opposed this, and the organization was dissolved in 1953.
Left Socialist Party
Vänstersocialistiska Partiet was a political party in Sweden that existed between 1940 and 1963.Albin Ström was a leftwing Social Democrat from Göteborg that broke out of the Social Democratic Party in 1934. With him followed thousands of other Social Democrats from the West Coast-region...
(VSP), when VSP had developed in a pro-Western direction. Leaders included Evald Höglund and Gottfrid Nyberg.
OAP published two issues of Vårt Ord.
In 1949 the group was reconstructed as Revolutionary Socialists (Revolutionära Socialister). RS became the first Swedish section of the Fourth International
Fourth International
The Fourth International is the communist international organisation consisting of followers of Leon Trotsky , with the declared dedicated goal of helping the working class bring about socialism...
. The following year it changed name to RSP at a conference in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. The group gathered around a dozen persons.
RSP was active in the 1950 municipal elections in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
(they got 1900 votes) and during the dockers' strike of 1951. RSP published two issues of Internationalen.
RSP was a short-lived party. Soon the leadership of FI ordered RSP to enter SAP and practice fraction politics, entryism
Entryism
Entryism is a political tactic by which an organisation or state encourages its members or agents to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits, or take over entirely...
, within this party. The members of RSP opposed this, and the organization was dissolved in 1953.
See also
- Left Socialist Party (Sweden), Vänstersocialistiska partiet, 1940–1963)
- National Socialist People's Party of SwedenNational Socialist People's Party of SwedenFascist People's Party of Sweden was a political party in Sweden. It was founded on September 3, 1926, by a circle around the publication Nationen. Its cadre was made up of members of the Fascist Struggle Organisation of Sweden.Konrad Hallgren, a former German officer, became the leader of the party...
- National Socialist Workers' Party (Sweden)
- Socialist Party (Sweden, 1929)Socialist Party (Sweden, 1929)The Socialist Party , initially known as the Communist Party of Sweden , was a political party in Sweden active from 1929 to 1948. The party was founded in 1929 by the major faction of the Communist Party of Sweden, led by Karl Kilbom and Nils Flyg, as the party split into two parties with the same...
, Socialistiska partiet, 1929–1944 - Socialist Party (Sweden, 1971)
- Socialist Workers' Party of Sweden