Amami Communist Party

The Amami Communist Party (Japanese: 奄美共産党) was an underground political party on the Amami Islands. Founded during the American military occupation of the islands, it had a leading role in the movement for the reversion of Amami to Japan although at the final stage, it was purged from the movement. It was not entirely in sync with the Japanese Communist Party on this issue.[1] The American military government (later the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands) banned the party and raided their headquarters and several of their members' houses on 27 March 1950. The next day, 17 members of the party's leadership were arrested for "planning a riot" and subversion of the military government.[2]

Amami Communist Party 奄美共産党
Founded	10 April 1947
Dissolved	25 December 1953
Succeeded by	Amami Social Democratic Party
Newspaper	Popular Front
Ideology	Communism
Politics of Japan Political parties Elections

References

1. Robert D. Eldridge (2004). The Return of the Amami Islands: The Reversion Movement and U.S.-Japan Relations. Lexington Books. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7391-0710-2. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
2. "本日の赤旗「潮流」に奄美の復帰６０週年を記念する記事が掲載されている。" (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 January 2019.