Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism

Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism
Founder	Abdelhamid Benzine
Founded	1993 (1993)
Split from	Ettehadi
Headquarters	Algeria
Newspaper	Le Lien des Ouvriers et Paysans
Ideology	Communism
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties International Communist Seminar
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The Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism (Parti Algérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme) is a communist political party in Algeria. When in 1993, during the Algerian Civil War, Ettehadi was realigned as a democratic movement resisting Islamism,^[1] the orthodox communist wing split apart under the leadership of Abdelhamid Benzine to retain its communist legacy.^[1]

PADS publishes Le Lien des Ouvriers et Paysans.

References

1 2 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

Official website

Political parties in Algeria

Parliamentary parties	National Liberation Front (208) National Rally for Democracy (68) Green Algeria Alliance (49) Movement of Society for Peace Islamic Renaissance Movement Islah Socialist Forces Front (27) Workers' Party (24) Algerian National Front (9) Justice and Development Front (8) Algerian Popular Movement (7) New Dawn (5) Front of Change (4) National Party for Solidarity and Development (4) National Front for Social Justice (3) Ahd 54 (3) Union of Democratic and Social Forces (3) National Republican Alliance (3) Future Front (2) Dignity Party (2) National Movement of Hope (2) Algerian Rally (2) Republican Patriotic Rally (2) Party of Youth (2) Algerian Light Party (2) Party of Algerian Renewal (1) El-Infitah Movement (1) Movement of Free Citizens (1) Movement of National Understanding (1) National Democratic Front (1)

Non-parliamentary parties	Rally for Culture and Democracy (boycott) National Movement for Nature and Development Movement for Youth and Democracy National Front of Independents for Understanding Democratic and Social Movement Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party Essabil Movement for Democracy in Algeria Natural Law Party Progressive Republican Party Socialist Workers' Party

Unrecognized or illegal parties	Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamic Salvation Front Wafaa Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

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