Poor Man's Party

Poor Man's Party
ဆင်းရဲသား ဝံသာနု အဖွဲ့;
LeaderBa Maw
FounderBa Maw
Founded1935
Merged intoFreedom Bloc
IdeologyRevolutionary socialism[1]
Burmese nationalism[2]
Political positionLeft-wing

The Poor Man's Party (Burmese: ဆင်းရဲသား ဝံသာနု အဖွဲ့; also known as the Sinyetha or Proletarian) was a political party in Burma led by Ba Maw.[3][4]

  1. ^ Win, Kyaw Zaw (2008). A History of the Burma Socialist Party (1930-1964). University of Wollongong. p. 28.
  2. ^ Maw, Ba (1968). Breakthrough in Burma: Memoirs of a Revolution, 1939-1946. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 17.
  3. ^ Here Today, Gone Tomorrow The Irrawaddy, November 2009
  4. ^ Maw, Ba (1968). Breakthrough in Burma: Memoirs of a Revolution, 1939-1946. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 6.