Shola-e Javid explained

Shola-e Javid
Native Name:شعلهٔ جاوید
Colorcode:red
Foundation:1964
Dissolution:1969
Position:Far-left
Youth Wing:Progressive Youth Organization
Colors: Red Yellow
Country:Afghanistan

Shola-e Javid (شعلهٔ جاوید|lit=Eternal flame) was an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party founded around 1964 in the Kingdom of Afghanistan. Its strategy was Maoist and populist, gaining support from university students, professionals, the majority Pashtuns and the Hazaras.[1] It grew significantly in popularity throughout the late 1960s and into the 1970s, possibly eclipsing that of the Parcham and Khalq factions of the pro-Soviet People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) up until the factions' reconciliation in 1977. The Shola-e Javid party was made illegal in 1969 after criticizing King Zahir Shah.

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Notes and References

  1. Arnold, Anthony. Afghanistan's Two-Party Communism: Parcham and Khalq. 1st ed. Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1983.