Socialist Workers Party (Algeria)
Socialist Workers Party | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Founder | Revolutionary Communist Group (GCR) |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Newspaper | El Khatwa |
| Ideology | Internationalism Marxism Trotskyism Socialism Communism Feminism |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| National affiliation | Forces of the Democratic Alternative |
| International affiliation | Fourth International |
| Council of the Nation | 0 / 144 |
| People's National Assembly | 0 / 462 |
| People's Provincial Assemblies | 0 / 1,976 |
| Municipalities | 1 / 1,541 |
| Website | |
| pst-algerie.org | |
The Socialist Workers' Party (PST; French: Parti socialiste des travailleurs; Arabic: حزب العمال الاشتراكي, romanized: hizb aleummal alaishtirakii; Kabyle: Akabar Anemlay n Yixeddamen) is an Algerian political party. Founded in 1989 by the Revolutionary Communist Group, itself established by a group of Trotskyist students in 1974, the PST remains affiliated with Fourth International, a Trotskyist international.[1]
In the 2007 Algerian parliamentary election, the PST won 0.75% of the vote, meaning it did not receive any of the 389 seats available.[2]
History[edit]
In 2019, the PST joined the Forces of the Democratic Alternative (FDA), a secular alliance of political and civil opposition during the pro-democracy Hirak movement.[3] As part of the FDA, it boycotted the 2021 Algerian parliamentary elections, which subsequently had the lowest turnout of an Algerian election, at 22.99%.[4]
In January 2022, the Council of State order the freezing of all PST activities, as well as the closure of its headquarters, following a complaint filed by the Ministry of the Interior. THE PST denounced this as "a blatant attack on partisan pluralism and democratic freedoms in Algeria".[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Leftist Parties of the World: Algeria". Broad Left. 25 December 2006. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ "Elections Législatives du 17 Mai 2007: Synthèse des Résultats - Résultats Préliminaires" [Legislative Elections of May 17, 2007: Summary of Results - Preliminary Results] (PDF). Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Collectivités Locales (in French). 18 May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ Boukhlef, Ali (18 January 2022). "Algerian opposition parties face threat of dissolution ahead of uprising anniversary". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ Aomar, Ali (5 April 2021). "Algérie: Le PAD qualifie les législatives de «mascarade»" [Algeria: The PAD describes the legislative elections as a "masquerade"]. ObservAlgérie (in French). Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ "Le Conseil d'État gèle les activités du PST". TSA (in French). 20 January 2022. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
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