Hizb al-Shuyu`i al-Sudani Collection

Period (1961-) 1969-1999
Total size   2.1 m.
Consultation Not restricted

History

Founded in 1946 as the Sudanese Movement for National Liberation (SMNL); supported the struggle for national independence, gained by the Sudan in 1956, after which the SMNL changed its name into al-Hizb al-Shuyu`i al-Sudani (Communist Party of Sudan, CPS); founder of the Sudan Workers' Trade Union Federation (SWTUF) in 1950; had strong ties with the organizations of railway workers and cotton growers; recruiting its members among workers, students and new professionals the party remained a rather weak political factor; joined the Front of Opposition Parties (FOP) against the military regime of 1958, which was brought down by the October revolution of 1964; in 1967 the Muslim Brotherhood succeeded in having the CPS outlawed as an atheist organization; re-established itself as Socialist Party of the Sudan; divided on its position towards the `Free Officers' of Ja`far al-Nimeiri, who took power in 1969; after the failure of a counter coup d'état by communist officers in 1971 the party was outlawed again and its leader Abd al-Khaliq Mahjub executed; continuing its activities underground the CPS did not regain its legal status until 1985; after the military takeover of 1989 the CPS, being banned once again, joined the National Democratic Alliance, which aims at democracy and autonomy of the south of the Sudan.

Content

Collection of documents consisting of published reports of meetings of the central committee of the party 1963, 1969-1987; leaflets, pamphlets and other publications by the CPS 1960, 1964, 1968-1985 (-1996); copies of al-Midan 1972-1984, 1989-1990; publications by the CPS student organization 1973-1985 (-1989); publications by trade unions 1964, 1973-1985; pamphlets, leaflets and petitions by the CPS for the release of prisoners 1973-1985; pamphlets, leaflets and other publications by sections of the CPS in Europe and the Soviet Union 1965, 1971-1984.

Additional documents consisting of reports of meetings of the central committee of the party 1969-1970, 1977, 1980, 1986; circulars 1970-1999; leaflets, pamphlets, communiques and other documents on the split of the party in 1970, on the military coup d'état in 1971, on the popular uprising in 1985 and on the military coup in 1989; documents relating to trade unions, youth, students, women, human rights and other subjects 1970-1999; copies of internal bulletins and other publications by the CPS and by CPS branches abroad 1967-1999; publications by Sudanese students in the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, India and other countries 1971-1986, 1989, 1997.

Processing information

List made by Roel Meijer en Mohammed Abdulhamid in 2000