Workers’ Party of Marxist Unification
political party, Spain
Also known as: POUM, Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista
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George Orwell at the POUM headquarters in Barcelona, 1936
When the Spanish Civil War broke out, English writer George Orwell (tall man, far left in the background) joined the militia of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista; POUM), a communist political party formed during Spain's Second Republic.
The Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) was a small Marxist revolutionary party in Spain. It rejected the Popular Front, advocating instead for a workers' government. This stance led to a rebellion in Barcelona in May 1937, which the communists, Republicans, and anti-Caballero socialists used to oust Largo Caballero from power. The POUM was ultimately replaced by political parties in the government.1
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