Revolutionary Socialist Party (Netherlands)

Revolutionary Socialist Party

Revolutionair Socialistische Partij
Revolutionary Socialist Party Revolutionair Socialistische Partij
Leader	Henk Sneevliet
Chairman	Piet J. Schmidt (RSAP)
Founded	1929
Dissolved	1940
Split from	Communist Party Holland
Preceded by	Socialist Party
Succeeded by	Marx–Lenin–Luxemburg Front (clandestine)
Headquarters	Amsterdam
Newspaper	De Baanbreker (1929-1935); De Nieuwe Fakkel (1935-1938)
Ideology	Left communism; Marxism; Republicanism; Anti-imperialism; Factions:; Trotskyism; Syndicalism; Anarcho-communism; Council communism
International affiliation	International Communist League (1930-1935); International Revolutionary Marxist Centre (1935-1940)
Colors	Red
House of Representatives (1933-1937)	1 / 100
	Politics of the Netherlands; Political parties; Elections;

The Revolutionary Socialist Party (Dutch: Revolutionair Socialistische Partij or RSP) was a Dutch socialist political party, that has been variously characterized as Trotskyist and syndicalist.^: 151 In 1935 it merged with the Independent Socialist Party (OSP) to form the Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party (Dutch: Revolutionair Socialistische Arbeiderspartij, RSAP), but most of the former OSP members left the united party the same year.^{: 159–160} Henk Sneevliet was the RSP/RSAP's undisputed leader throughout its existence,^{: 151–152} as well as its only Representative.