The Socialist Workers' Party (Dutch; Flemish: Socialistische Werkers Partij, abbreviated SWP) was a communist party in the Netherlands. SWP was founded in 1959, after a split within the leadership of the Communist Party of the Netherlands.[1] The founders of CPN opposed the CPN party secretary Paul de Groot. They had formed the Brug-group, and launched the new party in July 1959.[2] The party held its first congress in Amsterdam, January 23–24, 1960.[3]
Ideologically SWP adhered to Marxism-Leninism, and the party was organized along the lines of democratic centralism. The party had a membership of around 500.[4]
The party proclaimed its solidarity with the Soviet Union, but the Soviets paid little interest in the Dutch splinter group.[4]
In 1965 the majority of SWP members joined the Pacifist Socialist Party.[4]