Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism

Summary

The Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism (French: Parti Algérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme, PADS) is a Communist party in Algeria. When in 1993,[1] during the Algerian Civil War, Ettehadi was realigned as a democratic movement resisting Islamism,[2] the Marxist–Leninist wing split apart under the leadership of Abdelhamid Benzine to retain its Marxist–Leninist legacy.[2]

Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism
Parti Algérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme
AbbreviationPADS
FounderAbdelhamid Benzine
Founded1993 (1993)
NewspaperLe Lien des Ouvriers et Paysans
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationIMCWP
Council of the Nation
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People's National Assembly
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PADS publishes the newspaper Le Lien des Ouvriers et Paysans (The Link of the Workers and Peasants).

References edit

  1. ^ "Leftist Parties of Algeria". Broad Left. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b Augustus Richard Norton (2001). Civil society in the Middle East. 2 (2001). BRILL. p. 83. ISBN 90-04-10469-0. Retrieved 13 September 2014.

External links edit

  • Official website