Union of Communist Struggles – The Flame

Union of Communist Struggles-The Flame
LeaderAlain Zougba, Kader Cissé and Moïse Traoré
FoundedFebruary 1987
Split fromUnion of Communist Struggles – Reconstructed
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism-Leninism
Political positionLeft-wing

Union of Communist Struggles – The Flame (in French: Union des Luttes Communistes - La Flamme)[1] was a communist party in Burkina Faso. ULC-La Flamme was founded in February 1987 by split from the majority of the Union of Communist Struggles – Reconstructed. In 1991 it was renamed in Party of Social Progress.

Leaders of the party were Alain Zougba, Kader Cissé and Moïse Traoré.

The ULC-La Flamme published the periodical La Flamme.

References

  1. ^ Genova, James (1 November 2022). Making New People: Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina Faso, 1983–1987. MSU Press. ISBN 978-1-62895-477-7.