Socialist Workers Party of Hungary
The Socialist Workers Party of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarországi Szocialista Munkáspárt) was a political party in Hungary. The party was founded by social democrats and communists in 1925, and led by . Unlike the established Hungarian Social Democratic Party, the Socialist Workers Party sought to mobilize mass movements and agrarian struggles.[1]
Imre Nagy, the future prime minister and leader of the 1956 Revolution, was involved in organizing the underground MSZMP chapter in his home town of Kaposvár.[2] The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party he helped establish during the Revolution was similarly named.
The right-wing government of Miklós Horthy cracked down on the party in 1928. Its leaders, such as Vági and Mátyás Rákosi were arrested and sentenced to one year in prison.[1]
Bibliography[]
- Rainer, János M. (2009) [2002]. Imre Nagy: A Biography. Translated by Legters, Lyman H. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-959-1.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Sugar, Peter F., Péter Hanák, and Tibor Frank. A History of Hungary. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994. p. 323
- ^ Rainer 2009, p. 15.
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