Revolutionary Socialist Party (Netherlands)

Revolutionary Socialist Party
Revolutionair Socialistische Partij
LeaderHenk Sneevliet
ChairmanPiet J. Schmidt (RSAP)
Founded1929
Dissolved1940
Split fromCommunist Party Holland
Preceded bySocialist Party
Succeeded byMarx–Lenin–Luxemburg Front (clandestine)
HeadquartersAmsterdam
NewspaperDe Baanbreker (1929-1935)
De Nieuwe Fakkel (1935-1938)
IdeologyLeft communism
Marxism
Republicanism
Anti-imperialism
Factions:
Trotskyism
Syndicalism
Anarcho-communism
Council communism
International affiliationInternational Communist League (1930-1935)
International Revolutionary Marxist Centre (1935-1940)
House of Representatives (1933-1937)
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The Revolutionary Socialist Party (Dutch: Revolutionair Socialistische Partij or RSP) was a Dutch socialist political party, that has been variously characterized as Trotskyist and syndicalist.[1]: 151  In 1935 it merged with the Independent Socialist Party (OSP) to form the Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party (Dutch: Revolutionair Socialistische Arbeiderspartij, RSAP), but most of the former OSP members left the united party the same year.[1]: 159–160  Henk Sneevliet was the RSP/RSAP's undisputed leader throughout its existence,[1]: 151–152  as well as its only Representative.

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