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POUM
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poum
English
Alternative forms
en P.O.U.M.
Etymology
Borrowed from en es - or en ca POUM.
Proper noun
en historical POUM Workers' Party of Marxist Unification, an anti-Stalinist, revolutionary, communist party formed in Spain in 1935, which was active during the Spanish Civil War.
We had got to defend the P.O.U.M. buildings if they were attacked, but the P.O.U.M. leaders had sent instructions that we were to stand on the defensive and not open fire if we could possibly avoid it.
en 2017 Marina Budhos and Marc Aronson Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro & The Invention of Modern Photojournalism 59 Orwell will soon join a POUM unit up in the hills, not far from where Capa and Taro are now traveling.
Catalan
Proper noun
m
ca politics historical ca w:ca:Partit Obrer d'Unificació Marxista Workers' Party of Marxist Unification, en POUM.
Spanish
Proper noun
m
es politics historical es w:es:Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista Workers' Party of Marxist Unification, en POUM.