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Polish Socialist Party – Left Polska Partia Socjalistyczna – Lewica | |
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| Abbreviation | PPS–L |
| Founded | 1906 |
| Dissolved | 1918 |
| Split from | PPS |
| Merged into | Communist Party of Poland |
| Ideology | Socialism Proletarian internationalism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colours | Red |
ThePolish Socialist Party – Left (Polish:Polska Partia Socjalistyczna – Lewica,PPS–L), also known as theYoung Faction (Polish:Młodzi), was one of two factions formed when thePolish Socialist Party split at its ninth congress in 1906.[1]
The faction's primary objective was to transformPoland into aMarxist state throughproletarian revolution, with the likely aim of integrating into a Soviet-aligned international communist bloc (a position widely opposed by theRevolutionary Faction and viewed by many as a betrayal of Polish independence).
Its main opposition within the PPS was theRevolutionary Faction (also known as the Old Faction –Starzy), which sought to restore an independent Poland envisioned as a representative democracy.
PPS–L for a time gathered most of the former PPS members, but with the failure of theRussian Revolution of 1905 and correspondingrevolution in the Kingdom of Poland (1905–1907), it has lost popularity. In 1909 PPS–FR renamed itself back toPolska Partia Socjalistyczna (Polish Socialist Party). Over time the party became moreMarxist.[1] The increasingly marginal PPS–L – opposing the First World War and supporting theRussian Revolution of 1917 – eventually merged withSocial Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania on 16 December 1918[1] to form theCommunist Party of Poland.
One member of Lewica was elected to theCentral Executive Committee of Ukraine at theSecond All-Ukrainian Congress of Soviets in Katerynoslav (Dnipropetrovsk) on 19 March 1918.
Prominent activists of the PPS–L were:Maria Koszutska,Feliks Kon,Stefan Królikowski,Paweł Lewinson,Henryk Walecki andTadeusz Rechniewski.
PPS–L was recreated in 1926 by PPS activists who opposed PPS involvement withJózef Piłsudski (particularly in the aftermath of hisMay Coup). It was delegalized in 1931.
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