In 1999, Ludo requested his party to relieve him of the post of party president, a position he had held since the founding of the party, as he wished to pursue his passion for work in the Congo. Kim told Ludo: 'I think it is very good that you have written a book about Stalin. He was the last communist leader to meet Kim Il Sung, two weeks before the latter's death. In 1971, Ludo founded the Alle macht aan de arbeiders (AMADA) party, which renamed itself into the Workers' Party of Belgium in 1979. Having visited Berlin, where he came into contact with Marxist–Leninist German students, he introduced the thought of Marxism into the Belgian student movement. He was influenced by the student movements in 1968. Ludo got expelled from his university after writing an article about pedophilia within the church on Our Life, the magazine which he ran in the university. In 1965, Ludo entered the Louvain University to study medicine and during that time he became active in the Katholiek Vlaams Hoogstudentenverbond.

He also had an interest in music and poetry. While at school, he showed talent in linguistics and became a newspaper editor. He grew up in Wingene, West Flanders, Belgium. Martens was born in 1946, as the eldest son of a furniture manufacturer. According to a press release by the Workers' Party, Martens died on the morning of 5 June 2011 after a long illness. Martens was the last foreigner to meet North Korean president Kim Il Sung before his death on 8 July 1994. He served as president of the Workers' Party until 2008. In 1968, Martens founded the group Alle macht aan de arbeiders (All Power to the Workers), which became the Workers' Party of Belgium in 1979. He wrote several works on the political history of Central Africa and the Soviet Union. Mastering Bolshevism by J.V.Ludo Martens (12 March 1946 – 5 June 2011) was a Belgian activist who founded and served as the first leader of the Workers' Party of Belgium. Stalin (1938)įoundations of Leninism by J.V. Interested in attending a class? Email for more informationĪnother View of Stalin by Ludo Martens (1994)ĭialectical and Historical Materialism by J.V. Martens passed away in June of 2011 at the age of 65. Martens was a member of the Belgian Workers' Party during the time that it was a Marxist-Leninist party.

The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a translated lecture (originally French) by comrade Ludo Martens.

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