Communist Workers' Party of Bulgaria was a

council communist Council communism is a current of communist thought that emerged in the 1920s. Inspired by the November Revolution, council communism was opposed to state socialism and advocated workers' councils and council democracy. Strong in Germany a ...

party in the

Kingdom of Bulgaria The Tsardom of Bulgaria ( bg, Царство България, translit=Tsarstvo Balgariya), also referred to as the Third Bulgarian Tsardom ( bg, Трето Българско Царство, translit=Treto Balgarsko Tsarstvo, links=no), someti ...

. It was founded in September 1921, and was modelled after the

Communist Workers' Party of Germany The Communist Workers' Party of Germany (german: Kommunistische Arbeiter-Partei Deutschlands; KAPD) was an anti-parliamentarian and left communist party that was active in Germany during the time of the Weimar Republic. It was founded in April 1 ...

. It was founded at a conference in the city of Slivnu, a centre of the textile industry, from the 7th until the 10th January 1922. The leadership of the party was based in

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. The party had around 1000 members, and published ''Rabotchnik Iskra'' (Workers' Spark).Gorter, Die kommunistische Linke und die Gründung der Kommunistischen Arbeiterinternationale (Kai) , Internationale Kommunistische Strömung
/ref> The party was affiliated to the

Communist Workers' International The Communist Workers' International (german: Kommunistische Arbeiter-Internationale, KAI) or Fourth Communist International was a council communist international. It was founded around the ''Manifesto of the Fourth Communist International'', pu ...

. The party was divided along the same lines as its German counterpart, with a

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

-based faction close to the

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group and the

-based faction close to the

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group. The party was disbanded as a result of repression in April 1925.The German-Dutch Communist Left – Philippe Bourrinet
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The German-Dutch Communist Left – Philippe Bourrinet
Communist parties in Bulgaria Defunct political parties in Bulgaria Political parties established in 1922 1922 establishments in Bulgaria Council communism Left communist organizations Libertarian socialist parties

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

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