Burkinabé Communist Group


The Burkinabè Communist Group was a communist party in Burkina Faso.

History

The GCB was formed as a splinter from the Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party in August 1983, following the refusal of PCRV to support the revolutionary government of Thomas Sankara. The GCB was led by Jean-Marc Palm.
On 22 May 1985, the GCB, along with the Union of Burkinabé Communists, was re-invited into the Burkinabe governing coalition under the National Council for the Revolution in order to counter the influence of Valère Somé within the faction.
In 1986 the GCB signed a declaration, together with the Union of Communist Struggles – Reconstructed, Union of Burkinabé Communists and Revolutionary Military Organization, calling for revolutionary unity.
In April 1987, the GCB, together with the ULC-R and La Flamme, formed a formal front against Sankara and Somé.
In 1989 the GCB left the government, following its refusal to join ODP/MT. The GCB turned clandestine. In April 1989 it split into two factions, one led by Salif Diallo joined the ODP/MT. The other, led by Jean-Marc Palm, became the Movement for Socialist Democracy in March 1991.

Members