Burkinabé Communist Group
Burkinabé Communist Group | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1983 |
| Dissolved | 1991 |
| Split from | Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party |
| Succeeded by | Movement for Socialist Democracy |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
The Burkinabè Communist Group (French: Groupe Communiste Burkinabè, GCB) was a communist party in Burkina Faso. The GCB surged as a split from the Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party in 1983, following the refusal of PCRV to support the revolutionary government of Thomas Sankara.
In 1986 the GCB signed a declaration, together with the Union of Communist Struggles – Reconstructed, Union of Burkinabé Communists and Revolutionary Military Organization, calling for revolutionary unity.
In 1989 the GCB left the government, following its refusal to join ODP/MT. The GCB turned clandestine. In April 1989 it split into two factions, one led by Salif Diallo joined the ODP/MT. The other, led by Jean-Marc Palm became the Movement for Socialist Democracy (MDS) in March 1991.