Communist Party of Burma
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Communist Party of Burma
ဗမာပြည်ကွန်မြူနစ်ပါတီ |
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| Abbreviation | CPB |
| Secretary-General | Yèbaw Kyin Maung |
| Founded | 15 August 1939 |
| Ideology | Marxism–Leninism–Maoism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colours | Red |
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The Communist Party of Burma (Burmese: ဗမာပြည်ကွန်မြူနစ်ပါတီ; abbreviated CPB) is the oldest existing political party in Myanmar (also known as Burma). It is currently banned by the government of Myanmar, and operates illegally, often working with insurgent groups along Myanmar's border with China.
The Communist Party of Burma's past leaders were:
On 15 August 1939, a secret meeting was attended by seven men in a small room in Barr Street, Yangon, and the Communist Party of Burma was founded.
The attendees were:
The CPB had fought for independence from Great Britain and against the Japanese occupation of Burma in World War II, prior to the eruption of civil conflict in Myanmar.
While in Insein prison in July 1941, Thakin Soe and Than Tun had co-authored the Insein Manifesto, which declared fascism as the major enemy in the coming war and called for temporary co-operation with the British and the establishment of a broad coalition alliance that should include the Soviet Union. It followed the Popular Front line advanced by the Bulgarian communist leader Georgi Dimitrov, at the Seventh Comintern Congress in 1935.
This was against the prevailing opinion of the Dobama Movement, including Thakin Aung San, who had secretly left Myanmar with a group of young men, who later became known as the Thirty Comrades, to receive military training from the Japanese and founded the Burma Independence Army (BIA), later renamed the Burma Defence Army (BDA) and subsequently the Burma National Army (BNA), whom fought Allied Forces.
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