South Seas Communist Party
South Seas Communist Party 南洋共產黨 | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | SSCP |
| Founded | 1925 |
| Dissolved | 1930 |
| Split from | Chinese Communist Party |
| Succeeded by | Communist Party of Indochina, Malayan Communist Party, Communist Party of Siam |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Ideology | Communism |
| Political position | Far-left |
The South Seas Communist Party (SSCP), also known as the Nanyang Communist Party (Chinese: 南洋共產黨), was a communist party across the countries and European colonies in Southeast Asia. The SSCP was established by members of the overseas branch of the Chinese Communist Party and left-wing members of Kuomintang in 1928. The SSCP ceased to exist in 1930, and was succeeded by the Malayan Communist Party and Communist Party of Thailand.
History
[edit]An overseas branch of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Nanyang Regional, was established in Singapore in 1926.[1] Within the Kuomintang there was a left-wing faction. The Malayan Revolution Committee and the South Seas General Labour Union in Singapore were founded in the 1920s. Left-wing members of the Kuomintang left and formed the South Seas Communist Party (SSCP) or Nanyang Communist Party in 1928.[2] The South Seas General Labour Union[3] and Nanyang Regionalin Singapore also participated in the formation of the SSCP.[1]
The SSCP branch in Thailand was managed from Singapore. This organisation later became the Communist Party of Thailand, but was almost entirely Vietnamese with only 5-7 Thai being recruited from 1930 to 1936.[4]
The British believed that the SSCP was controlled by the CCP and was active in Thailand, Burma, and the colonies of the British, Dutch, and French.[5]
At the Third Representatives' Congress[6] on 28 April 1930, the SSCP was transformed into the Malayan Communist Party.[7] Communist parties in Thailand and the Dutch East Indies were under the command of the MCP.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Guan 2018, p. 18.
- ^ Suryanrayan 1977, pp. 614–615.
- ^ Wedel 1981, p. 326.
- ^ Guan 2018, p. 24.
- ^ McLane 1966, p. 134.
- ^ McLane 1966, p. 136.
- ^ Suryanrayan 1977, p. 615.
- ^ Kheng 1992, p. 92.
Works cited
[edit]Books
[edit]- Guan, Ang (2018). Southeast Asia’s Cold War: An Interpretive History. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 9780824873462.
- Kheng, Cheah (1992). From PKI to the Comintern, 1924–1941: The Apprenticeship of the Malayan Communist Party. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9781501719318.
- McLane, Charles (1966). Soviet Strategies in Southeast Asia: An Exploration of Eastern Policy under Lenin and Stalin. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400879663.
Journals
[edit]- Suryanrayan, V. (1977). "Rise of Communism in Malaya (1930-1948)". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 38. Indian History Congress: 613–620. doi:10.2307/44139123. JSTOR 44139123.
- Wedel, Yuangrat (1981). "The Communist Party of Thailand and Thai Radical Thought". Southeast Asian Affairs. ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute: 325–339. doi:10.2307/27908437. JSTOR 27908437.
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