Left Together

Not to be confused with Poland Together, a political party, or SLD Left Together, an electoral alliance at 2014 and 2018 Polish local elections.

Left Together
Lewica Razem
Co-leaders
Parliamentary leaderMarcelina Zawisza
Founded16 May 2015
HeadquartersNowy Świat 27, Warsaw
Youth wingMłodzi Razem
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left[3] to left-wing[4]
National affiliation
European affiliationEuropean Left Alliance
for the People and the Planet
Central-Eastern European
Green Left Alliance
International affiliationProgressive International (2020–2022)[5]
Colours  Alizarin carmine
Sejm
5 / 460
Senate
0 / 100
European Parliament
0 / 53
Regional assemblies
0 / 552
Website
partiarazem.pl

Left Together (Polish: Lewica Razem [lɛˈvi.t͡sa ˈra.zɛm]) is a social democratic political party in Poland.

It was formed in 2015 as Together (Polish: Razem [ˈra.zɛm]), and it was one of the eight nationwide committees standing in the 2015 parliamentary election. It was a member of the Progressive International and DiEM25. As of November 2024, it is headed by Adrian Zandberg as the sole co-leader after Magdalena Biejat left the party.[6][7] It supports principles of social democracy,[8][9] democratic socialism,[2] and social liberalism,[1] and has expressed progressive views.[10] The party has been described as anti-communist and is critical of the historical post-communist Democratic Left Alliance.[11]

  1. ^ a b
    • Lang, Sabine; Meier, Petra; Sauer, Birgit (1 December 2022). Party Politics and the Implementation of Gender Quotas: Resisting Institutions. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-031-08931-2. Meanwhile, centralized top-down party board decisions like in the case of the Civic Platform and the liberal /left parties under analysis (Razem and Wiosna) led to a relatively improved position of women candidates on their party lists.
    • Narkowicz, Kasia (2018). "'Refugees Not Welcome Here': State, Church and Civil Society Responses to the Refugee Crisis in Poland". International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society. 31 (4): 357–373. doi:10.1007/s10767-018-9287-9. ISSN 0891-4486. JSTOR 48720643. A liberal party, Razem [Together], spoke about the responsibility to accept refugees and was as such more in line with Catholic teachings than the PiS party that identifies as a Catholic party.
    • "Polish MPs don rainbow colours in LGBT stunt at Duda's swearing-in". euronews. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2024. Elected representatives — including members of the liberal Razem party — were pictured wearing bright colours and rainbow masks outside the ceremony in Warsaw.
    • Koczanowicz, Leszek (1 December 2016). "The Polish Case". New Left Review (102): 77–96. Razem [Together], a new left-liberal formation founded by young intellectuals and social activists despairing of the sld;
  2. ^ a b "Prawica chce zdelegalizować Partię Razem. Za to, że nie jest prawicą. A każda lewica jest podejrzana" [The right wants to ban the Razem Party. Because it is not right-wing. And every left-wing party is suspect.]. oko.press (in Polish). Retrieved 13 September 2024. Razem łączy w sobie kilka nurtów, od socjaldemokracji, przez zieloną lewicę po demokratyczny socjalizm. [Razem combines several trends, from social democracy, through the green left, to democratic socialism.]
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    • Lang, Sabine; Meier, Petra; Sauer, Birgit (1 December 2022). Party Politics and the Implementation of Gender Quotas: Resisting Institutions. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-031-08931-2. On the other hand, the center-left Razem (Together) is openly committed to gender equality and calls for reaching parity on their website (Razem, 2016).
    • Popczyk, Maria; Sumalvico, übersetzt von Thea (12 October 2024). ""Ein moderner Wohlfahrtsstaat" - Die Wahlversprechen der Linken" ["A modern welfare state" - The election promises of the Left]. Treffpunkteuropa (in German). Retrieved 12 October 2024. In Polen ist es stattdessen zu einer interessanten, beispiellosen Verbindung dreier Parteien gekommen, die als mitte-links einzuordnen sind: Der SLD, der Lewica Razem (Linke Gemeinsam) und der Wiosna (Frühling) von Robert Biedroń (Anmerkung: Polnischer Politiker und Publizist, der seine eigene Partei gegründet hat). [In Poland, instead, an interesting, unprecedented alliance has emerged between three parties that can be classified as centre-left: the SLD, the Lewica Razem (Left Together) and the Wiosna (Spring) of Robert Biedroń (note: Polish politician and publicist who founded his own party).]
    • Skrzypek, Ania (10 November 2023). "Long Read: 15th October - Poland's Comeback". Progressive Britain. Retrieved 12 October 2024. New Left (common list of Nowa Lewica and Razem) ran a very intense campaign and focused on traditional centre-left issues (public policies, housing etc.), but still emerged from the vote weakened and went from 49 to 26 seats (7 of which are taken by Razem).
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  5. ^ "Members | Progressive International". 28 October 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Razem budujemy inną politykę - Strona oficjalna partii Razem". Partia Razem (in Polish). Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Magdalena Biejat komentuje odejścia z partii Razem. Mówi o "fundamentalnym podziale"". Onet Wiadomości (in Polish). 24 October 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Partia Razem. Nowa partia dla prekariuszy" (in Polish). Gazeta Wyborcza. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  9. ^ Wójcik, Piotr (16 January 2020). "Radykałowie? Komuniści? Nie – Razem to zwyczajna europejska socjaldemokracja". KrytykaPolityczna.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Polen: Was steckt hinter dem Erfolg der PiS?" (in German). 22 November 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Lewica: a united Polish left". www.ips-journal.eu. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2024.


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