Free Socialist Party/Marxist-Leninists
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Free Socialist Party/Marxist-Leninists Freie Sozialistische Partei/Marxisten-Leninisten | |
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| First Secretary of the Central Committee | Günter Ackermann |
| Second Secretary of the Central Committee | Werner Heuzeroth |
| Founded | April 22, 1967 |
| Dissolved | 1968 |
| Merged into | Communist Party of Germany/Marxists–Leninists |
| Headquarters | Hütteweg, Niederschelderhütte, Mudersbach[1] |
| Newspaper | Die Wahrheit |
| Membership (1967) | ~30 |
| Ideology | Marxism-Leninism |
The Free Socialist Party/Marxist-Leninists (German: Freie Sozialistische Partei/Marxisten-Leninisten, abbreviated FSP or FSP/ML) was a small Maoist political party in West Germany. FSP/ML was the second Maoist group founded in West Germany. It was one of the predecessor organizations of the Communist Party of Germany/Marxists–Leninists.
In February 1967 the Founding Committee of the Free Socialist Party issued an appeal to "all West German Social Democrats, Left Socialists and Communists" to join in founding a new left party. The Committee consisted of Günter Ackermann, Werner Heuzeroth and Gerhard Lambrecht.[1] A draft programme for the new party was released in March 1967.[2]
Founding
FSP was founded on April 22, 1967, in Frankfurt am Main.[2][3] It was the second Maoist group to emerge in West Germany.[4] Unlike the secretive Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany, an earlier West German Maoist grouping, FSP was founded publicly. Ackermann, a former sergeant of the East German Volkspolizei, became first secretary of the Central Committee of the party.[3][5] At the time of the founding of FSP, the 28-year-old Ackermann was an unemployed refugee from the German Democratic Republic.[6] Heuzeroth (an innkeeper) became second secretary of the same committee.[2][3] Heuzeroth's wife was also included in the Central Committee.[3][7]
