Communist Party of Suriname

The Communist Party of Suriname (Dutch: Kommunistische Partij van Suriname) was a communist party in Suriname.

It was founded in 1973. The party was pro-Albanian in its political position.^[1] The party ran candidates in the 1977 Surinamese election under the label "Democratic People's Front". No member of the party was ever elected to political office in Suriname.^[2] Bram Behr, the leader of the party, was imprisoned in 1982 for criticizing the government and executed. The party published a journal called Modro. It had about 25 members in 1985.^[1] After the Cold War ended, the party died out.

References

^ ^a ^b Hobday, Charles (1986). Communist and Marxist Parties of the World. Harlow: Longman. pp. 377–378. ISBN 0-582-90264-9.
^ Ameringer, Charles D., ed. (1992). Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 568. ISBN 978-0-313-27418-3.

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[Hobday1986-1] Hobday, Charles (1986). Communist and Marxist Parties of the World. Harlow: Longman. pp. 377–378. ISBN 0-582-90264-9.

[Ameringer1992-2] Ameringer, Charles D., ed. (1992). Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 568. ISBN 978-0-313-27418-3.

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