Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party

Not to be confused with Social Democratic Party of Yugoslavia.
Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party
Jugoslovanska socialdemokratska stranka
Jugoslavenska socijaldemokratska stranka
Founded1898
Dissolved18 December 1921
Preceded bySocial Democratic Party of Austria
Merged intoSocialist Party of Yugoslavia (Majority)
League of Communists of Yugoslavia (Minority)
NewspaperRdeči prapor
Zarja
IdeologySocialism
Yugoslavism
Political positionLeft-wing
A Slovene translation of Marx's and Engels' Communist Manifesto published in the Carniolan mining town of Idrija in 1908.
Etbin Kristan, an important Slovenian member of the JSDS
Ivan Cankar, one of the most important Slovenian authors, a supporter of JSDS

Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party (Slovene: Jugoslovanska socialdemokratska stranka, Croatian: Jugoslavenska socijaldemokratska stranka) or JSDS was a socialist political party in Slovenia and Istria within the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was founded in 1898 in Trieste.[1]

In 1909, the party issued its 'Tivoli resolution', calling for the cultural and political unification of all South Slavs.[2] However, the party also sought limited Slovenian autonomy at the 1921 Yugoslav Constituent Assembly.[3] Its long-term goal was ending the oppressive capitalist system in favour of a more equal one, but it also pursued more immediate goals of the uplift of the working class, democratisation of political life, equal and general voting rights, etc.[4]

JSDS founded many trade unions and workers' cooperatives. It also supported and organised general strikes in Trieste, Jesenice, Hrastnik, Trbovlje, etc. Although the party did not appeal to farmers, and many workers were instead won over by the liberals and conservative Catholic parties, the JSDS grew in strength and scope. After universal manhood suffrage was passed in Austria, the Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party became a significant political force.[5]

  1. ^ Angelo Ara and Claudio Magris: Trieste. Un'identità di frontiera, Torino: Enaudi 2007, 3rd edition, p. 71
  2. ^ The Slovenes - history of the nation, July 24, 2008
  3. ^ Banac, Ino. The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics. Cornell University Press, 1984. p. 198
  4. ^ "Dok. št. 4 Program Socialistične stranke Jugoslavije sprejet na kongresu JSDS 26. in 27. decembra 1921 v Trbovljah". www.sistory.si. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  5. ^ Cvirn, Janez; Studen, Andrej (2010). Zgodovina 3. Ljubljana: DZS. p. 146.