The Socialist Workers' Party (French: Parti socialiste des travailleurs, PST; 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.[2]
Socialist Workers Party Parti socialiste des travailleurs حزب العمال الاشتراكي | |
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| Founded | 1989 |
| Preceded by | Revolutionary Communist Group |
| 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[1] |
| 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 | |
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.[3]
History
editIn 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.[4] 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%.[5]
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".[6]
References
edit- ^ "Organizations | Fourth International". Fourth International. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "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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