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"Unitatea politică a clasei muncitoare": agitaţie şi propagandă în Ialomiţa, 1944-1948
"The political cohesion of the working class": agitation and propaganda in the Ialomiţa district, between 1944 and 1948
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Abstract The unification process for the workers' movements was the final step for the communists in their effort to gain total control of the political power. The tactics of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR) were labeled "the salami tactics" because the party progressively eliminated all their enemies and ... view more
The unification process for the workers' movements was the final step for the communists in their effort to gain total control of the political power. The tactics of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR) were labeled "the salami tactics" because the party progressively eliminated all their enemies and used conjectural allies -such as the social democrats (PSD)- in order to reach their aim. This article describes the process whereby the organization of the PCR in alliance with the PSD obtained political power in the period 1945-1948 in the Ialomiţa county. The author focuses his analysis on two types of actions: the violent overtake of the local power (including mayors, police officers, governmental representatives, etc.) and the unification of the PCR and PSD in order to achieve a Single Workers' Party, in which the communists prevailed. As a result of the unification process, according to the official records, almost 7% of the population in this county was a member of the Single Workers' Party in February 1948. The Ialomiţa County is a very interesting, yet paradigmatic case, because in that period the region was a predominantly agricultural, with a small working class (2%), and the communists could not seize power by legal means. The study mainly relies upon local archival documents and upon the contemporary local media reports, which are carefully examined to discern between actual relevant data and their propagandistic content.... view less
Keywords
Romania; labor movement; twentieth century; historical development; communism; propaganda; political power
Classification
General History
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Document language
Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
Publication Year
2005
Page/Pages
p. 695-706
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 5 (2005) 3
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 1.0