!!!Revolutionäre Sozialisten

Revolutionaere Sozialisten (Revolutionary Socialists): After the 
February  1934 Uprising and the ban on the  Sozialdemokratische 
Partei, groups were formed that mainly consisted of young people or 
members of Social-Democratic secondary organisations; they joined 
together to form the "Vereinigte Sozialistische Partei 
Oesterreichs" (VSPOe, Austrian United Socialist Party), renamed 
Revolutionaere Sozialisten at the end of 1934; it distanced itself 
from the KPOe communist party and from the "reformist 
illusions" of the Social-Democrats. Originally concentrated in 
Vienna, it slowly extended its activities to include other provinces; 
contacts to party HQ of the Social-Democrats in Bruenn (Brno) (O.  
Bauer) were established, particularly under its chairman J.  
Buttinger. From 1936 the group was dominated by the conflicting views 
of J. Buttinger and O.  Leichter on the status of a middle-class 
democracy. The Revolutionary Socialists dissolved in March 1938. In 
1945 the "Austrian Socialist Party" re-formed and used the 
subtitle of "Sozial-Demokraten und Revolutionaere 
Sozialisten", which was, however, soon given up.

!Literature
J. Buttinger, Am Beispiel Oe., 1953; O. Leichter, Zwischen 
zwei Diktaturen,. Revolutionaere Sozialisten 1934-38, 1968; W. 
Wisshaupt, Wir kommen wieder. Eine Geschichte der Revolutionaere 
Sozialisten in Oesterreich, 1967; P. Pelinka, Erbe und Neubeginn. Die 
Revolutionaere Sozialisten in Oesterreich 1934-38, 1981; F. West, Die 
Linke im Staendestaat Oesterreich, Revolutionaere Sozialisten und 
Kommunisten 1934-38, 1978.


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