Communist League of Indochina

Communist League of Indochina (Đông Dương Cộng sản Liên đoàn)
LeaderTrần Phú
Founded1929 (1929)
DissolvedFebruary 10, 1930
Preceded byTân Việt Revolutionary Party, Phuc Quoc
Merged intoCommunist Party of Vietnam
HeadquartersTrung Ky
IdeologyCommunism

The Communist League of Indochina (Đông Dương Cộng sản Liên đoàn) was one of the three communist groups of 1929–1930 which formed the base of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Vietnam, and within colonial French Indochina. It was formerly the Tân Việt Cách mệnh Đảng (Revolutionary Party of the New Vietnam) as well as the "Restoration Society" between 1925 and 1930.[1][2]

The cadres who led the change were Hà Huy Tập, Trần Phú, and Trần Phạm Hồ [vi].[3]

The League gained its name following a factional split of the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1929.[4] The League came to prominence following the suppression of anti-colonial activities in the Annam protectorate by the French colonial authorities; these initiatives came from both conservative nationalist groups and communists who had a shared interest in resisting colonial rule by France.[5] Eventually, members of the Indochinese Communist League joined the Communist Party of Vietnam, following directives from the Soviet-controlled Comintern (Communist International) to create a unified Communist Party in French Indochina.[6] Prior to its absorption into the Communist Party of Vietnam, the league maintained its own political organizations, including worker's associations, students associations, and a women's organization.[6]

  1. ^ Keat Gin Ooi Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East ... 2004 Volume 1 – Page 649 "Tân Việt Cách mệnh Đảng (Revolutionary Party of the New Vietnam)... Sometime toward the end of 1929, the Tân Việt party apparently also decided to become communist and to change the name of the organization to the Indochinese Communist League (Đông Dương Cộng sản Liên đoàn). The factionalism of ..."
  2. ^ Quinn-Judge, Sophie (2017). Ho Chi Minh: The Missing Years, 1919-1941. London: Hurst & Company. p. 97.
  3. ^ Hoang Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang: A Contemporary History of a National Struggle 2008 Page 244 "Later, a number of cadres in the New Vietnam Revolutionary Party (TVCMĐ) – Hà Huy Tập, Trần Phú, and Trần Phạm Hồ – disbanded and formed the Indo-Chinese Communist League"
  4. ^ Sidel, John, T. (2021). Republicanism, communism, Islam : cosmopolitan origins of revolution in Southeast Asia. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. pp. 255–256. ISBN 978-1-5017-5563-7. OCLC 1198989194.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Croissant, Aurel (2022). "Vietnam: The Socialist Party State.". Comparative Politics of Southeast Asia. Edinburgh: Springer, Cham. pp. 402–407. ISBN 9783031051142.
  6. ^ a b Kim Khanh, Huynh (1986). Vietnamese Communism, 1925-1945. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. pp. 121–123.