Socialist Workers' Party ( German: Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei (SAP), later Sozialistische ArbeiterInnenpartei , French Parti Socialiste Ouvrier (PSO), Italian: Partito socialista dei lavoratori (PSL)), since 1974, the Swiss section of the Trotskyist Fourth International . Created in 1969 as the Revolutionary Marxist League (German Revolutionären Marxistischen Liga (RML), French Ligue Marxiste Révolutionnaire (LMR)). It got its current name in 1980 .
| Socialist Workers Party | |
|---|---|
| Sozialistische ArbeiterInnenpartei, Parti Socialiste Ouvrier, Partito socialista dei lavoratori | |
| Established | 1969 |
| Dissolution date | 1991 |
| Ideology | Trotskyism , ecologism |
| International | Fourth International |
| Number of members | OK. 500 (1975) |
| Party print | La Brèche (1969-1994), Bresche (1971-1994), Rosso (1973-1994), Rojo |
Revolutionary Marxist League
The revolutionary Marxist League arose in the fall of 1969 in Lausanne as a Trotskyite split from the People’s and Workers' Party and was mainly supported by pupils and students. Together with the Progressive Organizations of Switzerland and the Autonomous Socialist Party, it was one of the main groups of the new left , which - unlike the traditional left parties - was actively engaged in extra-parliamentary work. The party reached its largest number in 1975 , when it had about 500 members, of which about 150 were in the canton of Vaud .
Rename and dissolve
After renaming in 1980, the party began to gradually move away from Trotskyism. Signs of a slowdown appeared around 1985, and the last congress took place in 1987. At the same time, the party, both at the national and cantonal levels, virtually disappeared into the Green Alternative movement. In 1991, the PSA was dissolved, and part of the organization formed SolidaritéS ( Romandia ), the Socialist Green Alternative ( Zug ) and the Socialist Alternative / Solidarity ( Basel ).
The RML and later PSAs published the newspapers La Brèche (in French, monthly, then two weeks, 1969-1994), Bresche (in German, 1971-1994), Rosso (in Italian, 1973-1994) and Rojo (in Spanish) )
Literature
- Gilg, Peter. Jugendliches Drängen in der schweizerischen Politik. Struktur, Ziele und Aktionsformen von politischen Gruppen der jungen Generation . Bern: Francke 1974 (S. 106-115 Revolutionäre marxistische Liga ) Reihe Helvetia politica; B, 9
- Challand B. La Ligue marxiste révolutionnaire en Suisse romande (1969-1980) . Friborg: Chaire d'Histoire Contemporaine de l'Université de Friborg, 2000 .-- 302 pp.