União dos Sindicatos Revolucionarios de Angola ('Union of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Angola', abbreviated USRA) was an Angolan trade union organization in exile. USRA was founded in Songololo, Congo-Kinshasa in November 1965 by dissidents from LGTA led by Manuel Francisco Bento (that had rebelled against the pro-Holden Roberto leadership of LGTA in June 1965) and another dissident group from UNTA (led by former UNTA Foreign Secretary, i.e. second-in-command in the organization, Bernard Dombele). Dombele had accused UNTA of 'political deviation'. The organization opened an office in Kinshasa in April 1966.[1][2]

As of 1967, USRA had ceased to exist.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mielke, Siegfried. Internationales Gewerkschaftshandbuch. Opladen: Laske + Budrich, 1983. p. 205
  2. 1 2 Marcum, John A. The Angolan Revolution. Vol. 2, Exile Politics and Guerrilla Warfare (1962-1976). Cambridge, Mass: MIT, 1978. pp. 158-159, 375, 393


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