Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party

A Slovene translation of Marx's and Engels' Communist Manifesto published in the Carniolan mining town of Idrija in 1908.

Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party (Slovene: Jugoslovanska socialdemokratska stranka, Croatian: Jugoslavenska socijaldemokratska stranka) or JSDS was a political party in Slovenia and Istria during the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was founded in 1896.^[1]

In 1909 the party issued its 'Tivoli resolution', calling for the cultural and political unification of all Southern Slavs.^[2] However, the party also worked for limited Slovenian autonomy at the times of the Constituent Assembly.^[3]

Organs

On March 18, 1898, the party organ Rdeči prapor ('Red flag') began publishing in Trieste. Josip Zavertanik and Josip Kopač were its main editors. On October 20, 1905, the editorial office shifted to Ljubljana. Zarja ('Dawn') was founded in Ljubljana in 1911 as a party organ. In 1914 the newspaper shifted to Trieste, and ceased to be an official party organ.^[4]

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
• Henrik Tuma
• Josip Ferfolja
• Anton Dermota
• Ivan Cankar
• Dragotin Lončar
• Albin Prepeluh
• Dragotin Gustinčič
• Lojz Kraigher
• Anton Kristan
• Rudolf Golouh
• Ivan Regent

References