Workers' Party of Social Justice

Workers' Party of Social Justice
Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti
AbbreviationDSSS
LeaderTomáš Vandas
FoundedFebruary 2010
Preceded byWorkers' Party
HeadquartersCiolkovského 853,
161 00 Praha 6
NewspaperWorkers' List
Youth wingWorkers' Youth
Paramilitary wingCivic Guards[1]
Ideology
Political positionFar-right[2][3][7][8]
European affiliationAlliance for Peace and Freedom
ColoursBlack, Red, White
Website
www.dsss.cz
DSSS leader, Tomáš Vandas

The Workers' Party of Social Justice (Czech: Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti) is a Czech political party, often described as the major far-right extremist party in the Czech Republic. The party is not represented in any legislative body in the Czech Republic and its biggest electoral success so far has been a gain of 1.14% in the Czech legislative election in 2010. Some of the high-ranking party officials, including a Prague party leader, have been associated with neo-Nazi groups such as Národní odpor, the Czech subsidiary of an international militant neo-Nazi group.[9][10] In spring 2009 the petition for the ban on the party was dismissed by the Czech Supreme Administrative Court,[11] because, as the presiding judge stated, the applicant (Czech government) didn't manage to provide sufficient evidence in what was seen as a botched application.[12][13] Following violent attacks against Czech minorities by far-right extremists[14] (such as the Vítkov arson attack of 2009), the government filed a more detailed petition for the ban, which was discussed by the Czech Supreme Court in January and February 2010. The party was banned, making it the first instance of banning a party for its ideology in the modern history of the Czech Republic.[15] The party was transformed into a "Party of Citizens of the Czech Republic"[16] and the party was renamed to Workers' Party of Social Justice. The party's program was kept the same with small adjustments.

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  4. ^ Cameron, Rob (4 May 2017). "Photo of Czech girl Scout standing up to skinhead goes viral". BBC News. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
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  6. ^ Rosenfeld, Alvin H. (2019). Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism: The Dynamics of Delegitimization. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 425. ISBN 9780253038722.
  7. ^ Lansford, Tom (2015). Political Handbook of the World 2015. New York City: CQ Press. ISBN 9781483371559. Originally formed as the Worker's Party, a far-right grouping led by Tomaše VANDASE
  8. ^ Deland, Mats; Minkenberg, Michael; Mays, Christin (2014). In the Tracks of Breivik: Far Right Networks in Northern and Eastern Europe. Münster: LIT Verlag. p. 79. ISBN 9783643905420.
  9. ^ [1]. Workers' Party election candidates and Nazi symbols (only in Czech, with photographs)
  10. ^ [2]. Workers' Party has been taken over by neo-Nazis (only in Czech)
  11. ^ [3]. Supreme administrative court judgment, 4.3.2009 (only in Czech)
  12. ^ [4]. Top court rejects government's petition to ban extremist Workers' Party
  13. ^ [5]. (only in Czech)
  14. ^ [6]. Czech Police arrested extremist leaders over Vítkov arson
  15. ^ "Soud zrušil Dělnickou stranu. Chtěla rozvrátit stát - Aktuálně.cz". 17 February 2010.
  16. ^ "Zakázaná Dělnická strana půjde do voleb, jen pod jinou hlavičkou - Domov". Lidovky.cz. 20 February 2010.