Initiative Committee for Permanent Revolutionary Action

Initiative Committee for Permanent Revolutionary Action (in French: Comité d'Initiative pour une Action Révolutionnaire Permanente) was a radical Marxist-Leninist group in Senegal. CIARP was founded by the Blondin Diop brothers following a split in the Movement of Young Marxist-Leninists.

Initiative Committee for Permanent Revolutionary Action
AbbreviationCIARP
Dissolved1971
IdeologyMarxism-Leninism
Political positionLeft-wing

CIARP was dismantled by Senegalese police in July 1971. Omar Blondin Diop was sentenced to three years imprisonment. He died in 1973 during torture at the prison of Gorée Island.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Bobin, Florian (March 18, 2020). "Omar Blondin Diop: Seeking Revolution in Senegal". Roape.net.
  • Zuccarelli, François. La vie politique sénégalaise (1940-1988). Paris: CHEAM, 1988.