Pacifist Socialist Party
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Pacifist Socialist Party
Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij |
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| Leader |
Nico van der Veen (1957–60) Henk Lankhorst (1960–69) Hans Wiebenga (1969–72) Bram van der Lek (1972–78) Fred van der Spek (1978–85) Andrée van Es (1985–91) |
| Founded | 27 January 1957 |
| Dissolved | 1 July 1991 |
| Merged into | GreenLeft |
| Headquarters | Bloemgracht 55, Amsterdam (1960–1968) Kerkstraat 445 (1968–1979) Nieuwe Looierstraat 45 (1979–1991) |
| Ideology |
Socialism Pacifism Social progressivism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | Grael |
| Colours | Red and White |
The Pacifist Socialist Party (Dutch: Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij, PSP) was a Dutch left-socialist political party. The PSP played a small role in Dutch politics. It is a predecessor of the GreenLeft.
In 1955 a group of "politically homeless" activists had formed. The group mainly consisted of former members of the Labour Party (PvdA) and the Communist Party of the Netherlands (CPN). They had left the PvdA over the military intervention against the Indonesian independence movement and the Labour party's support for NATO. Many of them had a background in the orthodox Marxist wing of the Social Democratic Workers' Party or the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), which had merged into the PvdA. The former members of the CPN had left their party over the Stalinist course of the CPN. There was also a group of these politically homeless that had never been members of parties, while others had been member of pre-war parties such as the Independent Socialist Party.
These politically homeless individuals were a diverse group: progressive Christians, leftwing socialists, orthodox Marxists, anti-Stalinist Trotskyists, left communists, liberal pacifists and some anarchists. Many of them were active in the developing peace movement.
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