Leftist Parties of Lebanon

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '05	OTHER
Arab Socialist Action Party - Lebanon	Hizb al-'Amal al-Ishtiraki al-'Arabi - Lubnan / Parti de l'Action Socialiste Arabe - Liban		Tariq al-Thawrah		pan-arab rad. left.	ex-USSR		f. 1969 by minority of Arab Nationalist Movement, led by Hussein Hamdane
Arab Socialist Union	Ittihad al-Ishtiraki al-'Arabi / Union Socialiste Arabe				nasserite		part.	f. 1975, led by Abd al-Rahim Mrad
Democratic Labor Party	Parti Travailliste Démocratique						part.	led by Elias Abu Rizk
Democratic Left Movement	Harakat al-Yasar al-Dimuqrati / Mouvement de la Gauche Démocratique	HYD			left. soc.		1 of 128 seats	f. 2004 mainly by splits from PCL, led by Nadim Abdel Samad
Democratic Nasserites' Movement	Harakat al-Nasiriyin al-Dimuqratiyin				nasserite
Gathering of Popular Committees and Leagues	Tajammu' al-Lijan wa-al-Rawabit al-Sha'biyah / Rassemblement des Comités et Ligues Populaires				baathist			f. 1967 as split from Ba'th Party, led by Maan Bashour
Kurdish Democratic Party - Lebanon	Parti a Demoqrat a Kurdi e Lubnan / Hizb al-Dimuqrati al-Kurdi fi Lubnan	Al-Parti		e-mail	kurdish nat.			f. 1960
Lebanese Communist Party	Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Lubnani / Parti Communiste Libanais	PCL	Al-Nida', al-Tariq	e-mail	com.	ex-CI, ex-WMR	part.	f. 1924
Salvation	Inkazth							f. 2005
Lebanese Labor Party	Hizb al-Amal al-Lubnani			e-mail	soc. dem.			led by Maroun Khawl
Lebanese People's Congress	Mu'tamar al-Sha'bi al-Lubnani				nasserite			f. 1969 as Union of the Toiling People's Forces (The Nasserite Organization), led by Kamal Shatila
Libertarian Communist Alternative	Badil al-Shuyu'i al-Taharruri				anar. com.	ILS		formerly the Libertarian Alternative
Movement for Democratic Renewal	Harakat al-Tajdid al-Dimuqrati / Mouvement du Renouveau Démocratique				soc. dem.		1 of 128 seats	f. 2001; led by Nassib Lahoud
Movement of Independent Nasserites - The Sentinels	Harakat al-Nasiriyin al-Mustaqillin - "Al-Murabitun"	Al-Murabitun			nasserite			f. 1958
Movement of Unionist Nasserites	Harakat al-Wihdawiyin al-Nasiriyin				nasserite			f. 1982 as split from Murabitun, led by Samir Sabbagh
Nasserite Nationalist Organization	Organisation Nationaliste Nassérienne				nasserite			led by Samir Charkass
Nasserite Popular Organization	Tanzim al-Sha'bi al-Nasiri / Organisation Populaire Nassérienne	OPN			nasserite		1 of 128 seats	led by Osama Saad
Organization of Communist Action in Lebanon	Munazzamat al-'Amal al-Shuyu'i fi Lubnan / Organisation de l'Action Communiste du Liban	OCAL	Al-Hurriyah		rad. left.	close to Palestinian DFLP		f. 1971
People's Movement	Mouvement du Peuple				arab. nat.		part.	led by Najah Wakim
Popular Democratic Party	Hizb al-Dimuqrati al-Sha'bi / Parti Démocratique Populaire				rad. left.	ex-USSR		f. 1972 as split from Arab Socialist Action Party
Progressive Socialist Party	Hizb al-Taqaddumi al-Ishtiraki / Parti Socialiste Progressiste	PSP	Al-Anba'a	e-mail	left. soc.	SI	8 of 128 seats	f. 1949, led by Walid Joumblatt
Revolutionary Communist Group	Tajammu' al-Shuyu'i al-Thawri / Groupe Communiste Révolutionnaire				tro.	USFI		refounded in 2002
Social Democrat Hunchakian Party	Sotsial Demokratakan Hnchakian Kusaktsutyun	SDHK	Ararad	e-mail	soc. dem.		1 of 128 seats	f. 1887, Armenian Party
Socialist Arab Resurrection Party [Iraq]	Hizb al-Ba'th al-'Arabi al-Ishtriraki				arab nat.	Ba'th Iraq		f. 1956
Socialist Arab Resurrection Party [Syria]	Hizb al-Ba'th al-'Arabi al-Ishtriraki				arab nat.	Ba'th Syria	1 of 128 seats	split in 1964 from other Ba'th Party, led by Assem Kanso
Socialist Union Party - Nasserite Organization	Hizb al-Ishtiraki al-'Arabi (Al-Tanzim al-Nasiri) / Parti de l'Union Socialiste - Organisation Nassérienne				nasserite			split from Arab Socialist Union; led by Munir al-Sayyad
Syrian Social Nationalist Party	Hizb al-Suri al-Qawmi al-Ijtima'i	SSNP	al-Shaam	e-mail	left. nat.		1 of 128 seats	f. 1932, led by Jubran Jurayj
Toilers' League	Rabitat al-Shaghghila / Ligue des Travailleurs							f. 1974 as split from PSP, led by Zahir al-Khatib
Union of Communists Marxists-Leninists	Ittihad al-Shuyu'iyin al-Marxiyin al-Lininiyin / Union des Communistes Marxistes-Leninistes				stal.			f. late 1990s
Union Party	Hizb al-Ittihad / Parti de l'Union				nasserite		part.	split from Arab Socialist Union
Parties probably disbanded Nasserite Correctionist Movement, Nasserite Revolutionary Organization (Al-Tanzim al-Thawri al-Nasiri)