London Revolutionary Group
London Revolutionary Group Gromada Rewolucyjna Londyn | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | GRL |
| Founder | Zenon Świętosławski Henryk Abicht Jan Krynski Ludwik Oborski |
| Founded | 1858 |
| Dissolved | 1861 |
| Headquarters | London |
| Ideology | Polish nationalism Revolutionary socialism Republicanism Internationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | International Association |
London Revolutionary Group (Polish: Gromada Rewolucyjna Londyn) was a Polish social democratic revolutionary group based in London, England in the late 1850s and early 1860s. It was founded in 1856,[1] and led by the exiles Zenon Świętosławski, Henryk Abicht, Jan Krynski and Ludwik Oborski,[2] In 1858 they sought to make contact with the wider revolutionaries and international communists and plotted to overthrow the government in Poland, however, this action was thwarted by the Prussian police.[1][3] Their aims were to abolish private property in Poland and to establish a global socialist republic.[2]
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