Socialist Peasants' Party Partidul Socialist Țărănesc | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Mihai Ralea |
| Founded | 1938 1943 (reestablishment) |
| Dissolved | November 30, 1944 |
| Split from | National Peasants' Party |
| Merged into | Ploughmen's Front |
| Headquarters | 8 Sfântul Constantin Street, Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
| Newspaper | Dezrobirea |
| Ideology | Socialism (Marxism) Agrarianism Corporatism Antifascism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | National-Democratic Coalition Patriotic Antihitlerite Front National Democratic Front |
The Socialist Peasants' Party (Romanian: Partidul Socialist Țărănesc, or Partidul Socialist Țărănist, PSȚ) was a short-lived political party in Romania, presided over by the academic Mihai Ralea. Created nominally in 1938 but dissolved soon after, it reemerged during World War II. A clandestine group, it opposed the fascist regime of Ion Antonescu, although its own roots were planted in authoritarian politics. Looking to the Soviet Union for inspiration, the PSȚ was cultivated by the Romanian Communist Party (PCdR), and comprised a faction of radicalized social democrats, under Lothar Rădăceanu.
Perceived as a communist tool, the PSȚ was prevented by other parties from participating in the August 23 Coup against Antonescu. It entered its legal phase in the late months of 1944, but was soon absorbed into the more powerful Ploughmen's Front.