Freedom Bloc
{{Infobox political party
| name = Freedom Bloc
| lang1 = Burmese
| name_lang1 = {{lang|my|ဗမာ့ထွက်ရပ်ဂိုဏ်း}}
| lang2 = Mon
| colorcode = #ED2124
| leader = Ba Maw
Aung San
U Nu
Thakin Than Tun
Thakin Mya
Thein Maung
| president = Ba Maw
| general_secretary = Aung San
| foundation = October 1939{{cite book |last1=Maw |first1=Ba |title=Breakthrough in Burma: Memoirs of a Revolution, 1939-1946 |date=1968 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |pages=59}}
| ideology = {{plainlist|
Until 1942:
- Marxism{{cite book |last1=Maw |first1=Ba |title=Breakthrough in Burma: Memoirs of a Revolution, 1939-1946 |date=1968 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |pages=73}}
- Buddhist socialism
- Socialism
- Left-wing nationalism
- Anti-colonialism
- Anti-imperialism
- Anti-British sentiment
}}
{{plainlist|
After 1942:
- Fascism
- Totalitarianism
- Japanophilia
- Anti-British sentiment
- Anti-communism
- Anti-socialism
- Nationalism
- Pro-Axis powers
}}
| dissolution = 1944
| merger = Dobama
Poor Man's Party
Htwet Yat Gain
| successor = Mahabama Party{{cite book |last1=Maw |first1=Ba |title=Breakthrough in Burma: Memoirs of a Revolution, 1939-1946 |date=1968 |publisher=Yale University Press |location=New Haven |pages=279-80}}
| position = Until 1942:
Left-wing
After 1942:
Far-right
| country = Burma
}}
{{Politics of Burma}}
The Freedom Bloc, later known as Dobama-Sinyetha Asiayone, was a political party in Burma during World War II.
History
The party was established by a merger of Dobama Asiayone (DAA), Ba Maw's Poor Man's Party and the All-Burma Students Association, and was known as the "Htwet Yat Gain" ({{langx|my|ထွက်ရပ်ဂိုဏ်း}}, "Association of the Way Out"),Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p130 although DAA leaders secretly formed the People's Revolutionary Party at the time of the merger. It opposed cooperation with the British war effort unless Burma was guaranteed independence immediately after the war, and threatened to increase its anti-British and anti-war campaign. As a result, the Governor ordered the arrest of the Bloc's leadership, most of whom remained in prison until the Japanese invasion of 1942.
Following the onset of the Japanese occupation, the party was renamed Dobama-Sinyetha Asiayone and dropped its anti-fascist and socialist outlook due to the Japanese presence. Ba Maw became Head of State and leader of the renamed party.Fukui, p129
In 1944 the party was dissolved, with the Mahabama Party formed to replace it.
References
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Category:Defunct nationalist parties
Category:Defunct political parties in Myanmar
Category:Defunct socialist parties in Asia
Category:Left-wing nationalist parties
Category:Nationalist parties in Myanmar
Category:Political parties disestablished in 1944
Category:Political parties established in 1944
Category:Socialist parties in Myanmar
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