Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party ( sl, Jugoslovanska socialdemokratska stranka, hr, Jugoslavenska socijaldemokratska stranka) or JSDS was a

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and

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during the

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and the

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 191 ...

. It was founded in 1898 in Trieste. In 1909 the party issued its 'Tivoli resolution', calling for the cultural and political unification of all

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. However, the party also worked for limited Slovenian autonomy at the times of the Constituent Assembly. Its long-term goal was ending the oppressive

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system in favour of a more equal one, but it also pursued smaller goals of helping the

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of political life, equal and general voting rights etc. JSDS founded many

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s and workers' cooperatives. It also supported and organised general strikes in

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Jesenice Jesenice (, german: Aßling''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru'', vol. 6: Kranjsko. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 144.) is a Slovenian town and the seat of the Municipality of Jesenice on the ...

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Trbovlje Trbovlje (; german: Trifail''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 58.) is Slovenia's tenth-largest town, and the seat of the Municipality ...

etc. Although the party did not address farmers and although a lot of workers were snatched by the liberals and conservative catholic parties, JSDS grew in strength and scope. After the men's general voting right was passed in

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, the Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party was an important and undismissable political force.

Organs

On March 18, 1898, the party organ ''Rdeči prapor'' (Red Flag) began publishing in

. Josip Zavertanik and Josip Kopač were its main editors. On October 20, 1905, the editorial office shifted to

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. ''Zarja'' (Dawn) was founded in 1911 as a party organ. In 1914 the newspaper shifted to Trieste, and ceased to be an official party organ.History

Legacy

Between 1990 and 2002, the Social Democratic Party of Slovenia regarded itself as the moral and spiritual heir of the Yugoslav Social Democratic Party.

Prominent members

* Etbin Kristan * Josip Ferfolja *

Ivan Cankar Ivan Cankar (, ) (10 May 1876 – 11 December 1918) was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet, and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slov ...

* Dragotin Lončar * Albin Prepeluh

References

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