Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism

Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism

Parti Algérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme
Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism Parti Algérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme
Abbreviation	PADS
Founder	Abdelhamid Benzine
Founded	1993
Newspaper	Le Lien des Ouvriers et Paysans
Ideology	Communism; Marxism–Leninism;
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	IMCWP
Council of the Nation	0 / 144
People's National Assembly	0 / 480
	Politics of Algeria; Political parties; Elections;

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]

PADS publishes the newspaper Le Lien des Ouvriers et Paysans (The Link of the Workers and Peasants).

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

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

[Norton2001-2] 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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