Communist Party of Burma

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The Communist Party of Burma (CPB), also known as the Burma Communist Party (BCP), is an underground communist party in Myanmar (formerly Burma). The party adheres to Marxism–Leninism and Maoism (officially Mao Zedong Thought). Founded in 1939, it is the oldest existing political party in the country. The CPB initially fought against British colonial forces in Myanmar before joining them in a temporary alliance to expel the invading Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. In the final years of the war, the CPB helped establish a leftist political and military coalition called the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL). However, the CPB fell out of favour with the more moderate socialists within the AFPFL due to differing views on how an independent Myanmar should be governed. After independence in 1948, the moderate faction became the dominant political force in the AFPFL-led government and began cracking down on the CPB. The CPB's leaders were forced out of the capital Rangoon...

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