Democracy or Revolution?: The Origins of the Armed Struggle of the Communist Party of Burma (1945-1948)
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Abstract
In 1945, at the end of World War II, the Communist Party of Burma (CPB) was the leading political force in the national stage. Three years later, however, it had become a marginal party and its dream of conducting a nonviolent Marxist revolution had evaporated completely. The aim of this paper is to analyze, from primary sources available, combined with foreign literature, the process that led the Burmese communists to abandon the legal policy framework and to embark on a guerrilla war against the legitimate government in Rangoon. No longer a threat, this armed guerilla remains active to this day.
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Burma-Myanmar, communism, Communist Party of Burma, revolution, Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
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