Leftist Parties of Jordan

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '03	OTHER
Arab Land Party	Hizb al-Ard al-Arabiyah				arab. nat.
Democratic Party of the Left	Hizb al-Yasar al-Dimuqrati			fax: +962-6-5538614	left. soc.	SI obs.	1 of 104 seats	f. 1995, merger of 4 parties
Green Party	Hizb al-Khudr			fax: +962-6-4753825	green		2 of 104 seats	f. 2000, led by Mohammad Batayneh
Jordanian Arab Party	Hizb al-Arabi al-Urduni				arab. nat.
Jordanian Communist Party	Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Urduni	JCP	al-Jamahir	e-mail	com.	ex-WMR		f. 1948
Jordanian Communist Workers Party	Hizb al-Shaghghilah al-Shuyu'iyah al-Urduni			e-mail	com.	ICS		f. 1998 as split from JCP
Jordanian Democratic People's Party	Hizb al-Sha'b al-Dimuqrati al-Urduni	HASHD/JDPP	al-Ahali	e-mail	rad. left.	linked to Palestinian DFLP		f. 1989
Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party	Hizb al-Wahdah al-Sha'biyah al-Dimuqrati al-Urduni	JDPUP	Nida'a al-Watan	tel.: +962-6-692301	rad. left	linked to Palestinian PFLP		f. 1990
Jordanian Progressive Party	Hizb al-Taqaddumi al-Urduni		al-Huriyyah	tel.: +962-6-862435	left. soc.		1 of 104 seats	f. 1993
Jordanian Socialist Arab Resurrection Party	Hizb al-Ba'th al-'Arabi al-Ishtiraki al-Urduni				arab. nat.	Ba'th Iraq		f. 1970 as split from other Ba'th Party
National Action Front Party	Hizb Jabhat al-'Amal al-Qawmi	Haqq		tel.: +962-6-845898	left. pan-arabist			f. 1993
National Democratic People's Movement	Harakat al-Qawmiyah al-Dimuqratiyah al-Sha'biyah			tel.: +962-6-4653088	arab. nat.	Libya		f. 1997
National Democratic Trend	Al-Tayyar al-Watani al-Dimuqrati							alliance, f. 2003 by JCP, the Ba'ath parties, Progressive Party, JDPUP and others
Progressive Arab Resurrection Party	Hizb al-Ba'th al-'Arabi al-Taqaddumi				arab. nat.	Ba'th Syria		f. 1951
Parties probably disbanded (mentioned early 1990s) Jordanian Communist Party - Revolutionary Path, Jordanian Communist Party - Temporary Leadership, Jordanian Revolutionary Labour Party, Palestine Communist Party, Revolutionary Arab Communist Party, Revolutionary Marxists in Jordan - New Leftist Formation, Unionist Socialist Movement in Jordan - New Leftist Formation