Socialist Workers Organisation (Senegal)
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The Socialist Workers Organisation was a Trotskyist organisation in Senegal
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It was founded in France
by Sally Ndongo and Babacar Doudou in 1973, with the name Grouping of Revolutionary Workers (Groupement des Ouvriers Révolutionnaires, GOR). They had previously been members of the first post-war Trotskyist organisation in Senegal, the Workers Avant-Garde, which had collapsed soon after expelling them.
The GOR split in 1976, with a minority who had called for class struggle
to be placed ahead of national liberation forming the Communist Workers League
(LCT). The majority maintained the GOR, and in 1977 started activities inside Senegal. That year, the GOR and the LCT undertook unity discussions, but foundered after the LCT argued that the Soviet Union
did not play a progressive role.
The GOR subsequently joined the United Secretariat of the Fourth International. It was registered as a legal political party
in February 1982, taking the name OST. In the Senegalese presidential election, 1983, it supported Majhemout Diop of the African Independence Party
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The general secretary of OST was Mbaye Bathily.
OST published Combat Ouvrier.
In 1991 OST become one of the founding members of And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism
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Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
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It was founded in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
by Sally Ndongo and Babacar Doudou in 1973, with the name Grouping of Revolutionary Workers (Groupement des Ouvriers Révolutionnaires, GOR). They had previously been members of the first post-war Trotskyist organisation in Senegal, the Workers Avant-Garde, which had collapsed soon after expelling them.
The GOR split in 1976, with a minority who had called for class struggle
Class struggle
Class struggle is the active expression of a class conflict looked at from any kind of socialist perspective. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote "The [written] history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle"....
to be placed ahead of national liberation forming the Communist Workers League
Communist Workers League (Senegal)
Communist Workers League was a Trotskyist political party in Senegal, founded in 1977. It originated from a split in GOR . It published Tribune Ouvrière...
(LCT). The majority maintained the GOR, and in 1977 started activities inside Senegal. That year, the GOR and the LCT undertook unity discussions, but foundered after the LCT argued that the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
did not play a progressive role.
The GOR subsequently joined the United Secretariat of the Fourth International. It was registered as a legal political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in February 1982, taking the name OST. In the Senegalese presidential election, 1983, it supported Majhemout Diop of the African Independence Party
African Independence Party-Renewal
African Independence Party is a political party in Senegal, which was led by Majhmoud Diop....
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The general secretary of OST was Mbaye Bathily.
OST published Combat Ouvrier.
In 1991 OST become one of the founding members of And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism
And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism
The And-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism is a socialist political party in Senegal led by Landing Savané....
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