- Georges Vereeken
Georges Vereeken was a Belgian
socialist . He was born inGent ,Belgium in 1896 and died inBrussels in 1978. He was a taxi driver by trade. From 1925, he was a member of the Central Committee of theParti Communiste de Belgique (PCB) but was active in Brussels in the Belgian Section of theInternational Left Opposition (ILO) and its successor theInternational Communist League (ICL) during 1928-1935. He broke with the official Trotskyist movement to lead theGroupe Spartakus 1935-1937, then re-joining theParti Socialiste Révolutionnaire (PSR), of which he was the Secretary, 1937-1938. He broke with the official Trotskyists again in 1938, editing "Contre le Courant " 1938-1945. Later, he was involved in theTendance Marxiste Révolutionnaire (TMR) 1964-1978. [http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/v/10773109.php]He was closely allied to Dutch socialist
Henk Sneevliet and to thPOUM in Spain.External links
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