Socialist Party of Bangladesh
Socialist Party of Bangladesh বাংলাদেশের সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল | |
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| Abbreviation | BASAD |
| General Secretary | Bazlur Rashid Firoz |
| Founded | 7 November 1980 |
| Headquarters | 23/2 Topkhana Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh-1000 |
| Newspaper | Vanguard |
| Student wing | Socialist Students' Front |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | LDA |
| International affiliation | ICOR |
| Colours | Red |
| Election symbol | |
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The Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Bengali: বাংলাদেশের সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল, abbreviated 'বাসদ', 'BASAD', or 'SPB') is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in Bangladesh.[1][2][3] The party was founded by Comrade Khalequzzaman on 7 November 1980. In 2013 a group of members under the leadership of Mubinul Haider Chowdhury broke away from the party and formed the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) over disagreement on recognition of the thought of Shibdas Ghosh and Ganajagaranmancha.[4]
Ideology[edit]
SPB is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party. The party supports the ideologies of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong. The SPB party holds that Bangladesh is a capitalist- semi fascist country. Following its analysis, the party seeks to establish a socialist state through Revolutionary socialism throughout Bangladesh.
Central committee[edit]
There are 14 members in the central committee of the party. Comrade Bazlur Rashid Firoz is the General Secretary of Central Committee of SPB.
- General Secretary: Bazlur Rashid Firoz
- Joint General Secretary: Razequzzaman Ratan
- Members:
- Abdul Kuddus
- Nikhil Das
- Janardon Datta Nantu
- Abdur Razzaq
- Wazed Parvez
- Rowshan Ara Rusho
- Saiful Islam Poltu
- Julfikar Ali
- Nabo Kumar Karmakar
- Sofiur Rahanan Sofi
- Shampa Basu
- Manisha Chakraborty
Monthly newspaper[edit]
The official party newspaper, Vanguard (Bengali: ভ্যানগার্ড), is published monthly in Bengali. SPB central committee member Razequzzaman Ratan is the current chief editor.
Mass organizations of the party[edit]
SPB has many political wings, some of them are:
- Socialist Students' Front[5]
- Socialist Labour Front (SLF)
- Socialist Peasants' Front (SPF)
- Socialist Women's Forum (SWF)
- Progressive Teachers' forum (PTF)
- Progressive Engineers' and Architects' Forum (PEAF)
- Progressive Lawyers' Front (PLF)
- Progressive Agriculturist Centre (PAC)
- Progressive Doctors Forum (PDF)
- Progressive Art and Mass Media Workers Forum (PAMMWF)
- Bangladesh Shipping Workers Federation (BSWF)
- Re-rolling Steel Mills Labour Front (RSMLF)
- Charan Sangskritik Kendro
- Shishu Kishor Mela (SKM)
- Platform of Science Movement (PSM)
Socialist Students' Front[edit]
The Socialist Students' Front (SSF) (Bengali: সমাজতান্ত্রিক ছাত্রফ্রন্ট) is the student's wing of SPB. This organization is one of the largest leftist students' organization in the country. The slogans of the SSF are: "Socialist Students' Front, commitments to the revolution!" and "Socialist Students' Front, commitments to save the rights of education!"
The SSF was established on 21 January 1984. The main objective of the SSF is to build a students’ movement throughout the country to bring about educational reforms to make education cheap, universal, scientific, truly secular, equal, and democratic, and to create an education system that is a revolutionary movement for the overthrow of capitalism and establishment of socialist state. SSF is a member of several international students' organizations including World Federation of Democratic Youth.[6][7]
Election results[edit]
Jatiya Sangsad elections[edit]
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Khalequzzaman Bhuiyan | 34,868 | 0.10% | 0 / 300
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New |  21st
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Extra-parliamentary |
| Feb 1996 | Boycotted | 0 / 300
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 0
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— | Extra-parliamentary | ||
| Jun 1996 | 10,234 | 0.02% | 0 / 300
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0
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20th
|
Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2001 | 21,164 | 0.04% | 0 / 300
|
0
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13th
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Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2008 | 38,643 | 0.06% | 0 / 300
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0
|
 18th
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Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2014 | Boycotted | 0 / 300
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0
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— | Extra-parliamentary | ||
| 2018 | 17,591 | 0.02% | 0 / 300
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0
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19th
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Extra-parliamentary | |
References[edit]
- ^ "Reliefs for haor people 'ridiculous, disgraceful': Sultana Kamal". The Daily Star. 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
- ^ "6-hour nationwide hartal underway". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
- ^ "Leftist parties lead protests over hike in power price". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
- ^ "BaSad splits again". Bdnews24.com. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Kaderi, Nasiruddin elected SCF president, GS". New Age. 26 September 2019.
- ^ A short background of ssf
- ^ "Bangladesh students celebrate worldwide struggle". Workers World.
External links[edit]
- Official website (in Bengali)
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