Frontline Socialist Party පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය முன்னிலை சொஷலிசக் கட்சி | |
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| Abbreviation | FSP |
| Secretary-General | Premakumar Gunaratnam |
| Founded | 9 April 2012 |
| Split from | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna |
| Headquarters | No 24 Melder Pl, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka[1] |
| Newspaper | වම ("Vama". Meaning "Left"[2] |
| Student wing | Revolutionary Student Union[3] |
| Youth wing | Youth For CHEnge[4] |
| Women's wing | Free Women[5] |
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| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | People's Struggle Alliance |
| Colors | Red Yellow |
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Sledgehammer | |
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The Frontline Socialist Party (abbrv. FSP; Sinhala: පෙරටුගාමී සමාජවාදී පක්ෂය, romanized: Peraṭugāmī Samājavādī Pakṣaya; Tamil: முன்னிலை சொஷலிசக் கட்சி, romanized: Muṉṉilai Coṣalicak Kaṭci) is a communist party in Sri Lanka.[6] It was launched on 9 April 2012 by dissident members of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna.[7][8][9]
Stalwarts of the party claim that they are part of an attempt to revive the socialist struggle in Sri Lanka. The secretary-general of the party is Premakumar Gunaratnam.
- ^ "Address".
- ^ "News Paper". Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- ^ "Student Wing". Archived from the original on 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- ^ "Youth Wing". Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- ^ "Women's wing". Archived from the original on 2021-03-07. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- ^ "List of recognized political parties" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2015.
- ^ Hughes, Dhana (2013). Violence, Torture and Memory in Sri Lanka: Life After Terror. Routledge. p. 14. ISBN 978-1135038151.
- ^ "Frontline socialist party launched without Gunaratnam". Sri Lanka Guardian. 9 April 2012.