The Silesian Socialist Party ( pl, Śląska Partia Socjalistyczna, ŚPS) was a

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Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...

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. The party was founded on May 1, 1928, by Józef Biniszkiewicz. When the new party was founded, it took over the regional PPS organ ''Robotnik Śląski'' ('Silesian Worker').Blachetta-Madajczyk, Petra.
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: Droste, 1997. pp. 35-36 Biniszkiewicz had been the leader of the

Polish Socialist Party The Polish Socialist Party ( pl, Polska Partia Socjalistyczna, PPS) is a socialist political party in Poland. It was one of the most important parties in Poland from its inception in 1892 until its merger with the communist Polish Workers' P ...

(PPS) in

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( pl, Górny Śląsk; szl, Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; cs, Horní Slezsko; german: Oberschlesien; Silesian German: ; la, Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located ...

, but had been expelled from the party for not supporting the opposition of PPS against the

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government, and for opposing cooperation with German socialist parties. The ŚPS was seen as pro-''

Sanacja Sanation ( pl, Sanacja, ) was a Polish political movement that was created in the interwar period, prior to Józef Piłsudski's May 1926 ''Coup d'État'', and came to power in the wake of that coup. In 1928 its political activists would go on ...

''. The party, which failed to get a prominent role in Silesian politics, was dissolved in 1930.

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