Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism

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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Politics of Algeria

African Union Member State of the African Union Arab League Member State of the Arab League

Constitution
Executive
Legislature
Subdivisions
Elections
Foreign relations
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PADS publishes the newspaper Le Lien des Ouvriers et Paysans (The Link of the Workers and Peasants).

References
  1. "Leftist Parties of Algeria". Broad Left. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  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.


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