Flemish Socialist Workers Party

The Flemish Socialist Workers Party (Dutch: Vlaamse Socialistische Arbeiderspartij, abbreviated VSAP) was a political party in Belgium. In May 1877 different organizations from Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent had assembled and decided to launch a joint party. VSAP was founded on a congress held in July 1877.[1] The programme of VSAP was largely similar to the Gotha Programme of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.[2]

Although VSAP established an organizational presence in different cities in the country, the party failed to make any decisive break-through.[1]

A VSAP party congress, held in late 1878, discussed a merger with the Wallonian socialists. A merger went through in September 1879, with the formation of the Belgian Socialist Party.[1]

References
  1. Linden, Marcel van der, and Jürgen Rojahn. The Formation of Labour Movements, 1870-1914: An International Perspective. Contributions to the history of labour and society, v. 2. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1990. p. 38
  2. Robert, Jean-Louis, Antoine Prost, and Chris Wrigley. The Emergence of European Trade Unionism. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004. p. 95
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