Leftist Parties of Myanmar

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '90	OTHER
Communist Party of Burma [White Flag]	Bama Pyi Comyuni Pati [Alan-Pyu]	CPB	Pyeithu Ah Nar		ex-mao.	ex-chin.	illegal	f. 1939
Communist Party (Burma) (Red Flag)	Comyuni Pati (Bama Pyi) (Alan-Ni)				stal.		illegal	f. 1946 as split from CPB, leadership surrendered in 1970; led in Arakan state by Thaw Da
Democratic Party of Arakan					ex-mao.		illegal	pol.-mil., forerunner was faction of Communist Party of Arakan led by Thein Phe
National League for Democracy				e-mail	soc. dem.		59.93%	f. 1988
National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Issak/Muivah)		NSCN(I/M)		e-mail	mao.		ilegal	pol.-mil., f. 1980 (NSCN), mainly active in India
National United Party of Arakan		NUPA					illegal	pol.-mil., f. 1994 by merger of faction of Communist Party of Arakan with three other organizations