Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Opposition)

[1][2] In March 1929 the tensions in the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia provoked a split in the communist-led trade union centre MVS.

[2] On March 24, 1929, a statement of communist intellectuals (Josef Hora, Vladislav Vančura, Ivan Olbracht, Marie Majerová, Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Jaroslav Seifert and Helena Malířová) was published, which denounced the role of the Communist Party leadership in the affairs of the labour movement.

[2] The Executive Committee of the Communist International ordered the Czechoslovak opposition leaders to arrive in Moscow for talks, but Jilek refused to comply.

[2] In May 1929 Alois Muna, O. E. Berger and other opponents of the party leadership began publishing the periodical Komunista ('Communist'), which continued publication until October 1929 when it was closed down due to financial difficulties.

[1][5] Following these expulsions, the Communist opposition formed the Leninist parliamentary club on June 3, 1929, with 11 members of the Chamber of Deputies and 9 Senators.

[2] A representative of the Brno Opposition (another Communist Party splinter group), Václav Friedrich, presented greetings to the meeting.

[7] Obrana Svobody ('Defense of Freedom'), a weekly published from Kladno edited by Muna, became the Czech-language central organ of the Communist Opposition.

[8][9][10][1] The Kladno conference elected a 30-member National Working Committee (Czech: Říšský akční výbor, German: Reichsausschuß).

[2] In November 1929 the Communist Opposition slate obtained 482 votes in the municipal election in Slané [de].

[16] A process of unity between MVS and the Social Democratic trade union centre OSČ was taking place in 1930.

[2] The outcome of the municipal elections held on September 27, 1931 [sk] indicated the declining influence of Communist Opposition.

[2] In Prague the Communist Opposition, contesting with the list 'Unity against Fascism, Capitalism and Corruption' (Czech: Sjednocení proti kapitalismu, fašismu a korupci), got 1,174 votes (0.25%).

[2][19] During the March 1932 Kladno municipal election campaign the Communist Opposition office was raided by police and Muna was briefly detained.

The Communist Opposition slate, led by František Pavel, got 3 out of 42 seats in the Kladno municipal council (a result seen as a backlash for the group).

[2] At the Third National Conference, held at the House of Trade Unions on Na Perštýně Street [cs] inm Prague, various leaders such as Hais, Berger, Václav Šturc [de] spoke in favour of a merger.

[2] By the end of 1932 the sole significant organized remainder of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Opposition) was its local group in Aš.