Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party

Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party (Slovene: Jugoslovanska socialdemokratska stranka, Croatian: Jugoslavenska socijaldemokratska stranka) or JSDS was a socialist political party in Slovenia and Istria within the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

[1] In 1909, the party issued its 'Tivoli resolution', calling for the cultural and political unification of all South Slavs.

[3] Its long-term goal was ending the oppressive capitalist system in favour of a more equal one, but it also pursued more immediate goals of the uplift of the working class, democratisation of political life, equal and general voting rights, etc.

After universal manhood suffrage was passed in Austria, the Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party became a significant political force.

[5] On March 18, 1898, the party organ Rdeči prapor (Red Flag) began publishing in Trieste.

A Slovene translation of Marx 's and Engels ' Communist Manifesto published in the Carniolan mining town of Idrija in 1908.
Etbin Kristan, an important Slovenian member of the JSDS
Ivan Cankar, one of the most important Slovenian authors, a supporter of JSDS