Tunisian Labor Party
| حزب العمال التونسي Tunisian Workers' Party |
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| Party leader | Hamma Hammami (party spokesman) |
| founding | January 3, 1986 Authorized: March 18, 2011 |
| Headquarters | Rue de La Palestine, 1002 Tunis |
| Alignment | socialist , communist |
| Colours) | red |
| Parliament seats | 3 of 217 |
| Website | www.albadil.org (party newspaper) |
The Tunisian Labor Party ( French Parti des travailleurs tunisiens , PTT , Arabic حزب العمال التونسي, DMG ḥizb al-ʿummāl at-tūnisī ) is a communist party in Tunisia .
Originated from the underground movement El Amal Ettounsi , the party was founded in 1986 as the Communist Workers' Party of Tunisia (fr. Parti communiste des ouvriers de Tunisie , PCOT, ar.حزب العمال الشيوعي التونسي / ḥizb al-ʿummāl aš-šuyūʿī at-tūnisī ). However, it remained banned during the entire tenure of the autocratic President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali .
Led by Hamma Hammami since it was founded, it was only approved after the revolution in March 2011 and changed its current name in 2012. She contested the parliamentary elections in October 2014 as part of the Popular Front , which became the fourth largest force with fifteen seats.
history
Foundation and time under Ben Ali
The party was founded on January 3, 1986 as Parti communiste des ouvriers de Tunisie (PCOT). Under the authoritarian regime of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali , it was banned and operated underground.
It was based on the historical models of the Soviet Union under Stalin and the Albanian state led by Enver Hoxha . It called for the revolutionary overthrow of the imperialist system on an international scale in order to establish a socialist society as a transition stage to communism .
The PCOT belonged to the "October 18 Coalition" founded in 2005 , in which the Progressive Democratic Party , the Ettakatol and certain Islamic groups were organized.
According to its own statement, the party played a key role in the bloody-suppressed Gafsa uprising against the Ben Ali regime in 2008 .
Participation in the Jasmine Revolution
The "October 18th Coalition" disintegrated during the 2010/11 Jasmine Revolution . On 20 January 2011, the then-PCOT founded together with the Left Labor League , the Nasserist trade union movement , al-Watad , the National Democratic Movement , the Baasistischen movement and the Patriotic and Democratic Labor Party (PTPD) the " Front of January 14, " named, after the day of former President Ben Ali's escape.
After the Jasmine Revolution
Immediately after the overthrow of long-time President Ben Ali , interim premier Mohamed Ghannouchi lifted the ban on PCOT and Islamist Ennahda and offered the two parties that had previously been banned, but which had become significant in the course of the revolution, to participate in a transitional government of national unity . Party leader Hammami, who was arrested shortly before Ben Ali's overthrow, remained opposed to the transitional government, claiming that it only served “to maintain the power of the old regime and all authoritarian institutions”.
In the October 2011 Constituent Assembly election, the PCOT won 3 of the 217 seats. On July 10, 2012, the organization changed its name to Parti des travailleurs tunisiens (PTT). In October 2012 she joined forces with other left parties to form the Popular Front , with which she contested the parliamentary elections in October 2014 . The Popular Front won fifteen seats and became the fourth strongest force in the People's Assembly .
Demands and struggles
The PTT fights for demands of the labor movement such as permanent recruitment, wage increases and the right to unionize and supports workers' strikes .
It calls for the nationalization of industry and the creation of a people's government as part of the democratic revolution.
The party's youth organization is the Union of Communist Youth of Tunisia (UJCT, fr .: Union de la jeunesse communiste de Tunisie ). The party's newspaper is called Al Badil and the party's spokesman is Hamma Hammami .
International participation
The party is a member of hoxhaistisch marked the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity and struggle) .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rudolph Chimelli " Tunisian Opposition: Power of the Communists ", Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 20, 2011. Accessed November 4, 2011.
- ↑ Ann Talbot: Social conflicts in the Maghreb are of international importance. In: World Socialist Web Site . January 15, 2011, accessed December 23, 2014 .
- ^ Ann Talbot: Anti-government protests continue in Tunisia during the official mourning period. In: World Socialist Web Site . January 22, 2011, accessed December 23, 2014 .
- ↑ Video from the press conference announcing the name change (French)
- ↑ Homepage of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations ( Spanish )