Socialist Party of Bangladesh

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Socialist Party of Bangladesh
বাংলাদেশের সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল
AbbreviationSPB
General SecretaryComrade Khalequzzaman
Founded7 November 1980 (1980-11-07)
Headquarters23/2 Topkhana Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1000.
NewspaperVanguard
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionFar-left
International affiliation (IACC)[citation needed]
International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations
Colours  Red
Election symbol
Symbol of Socialist Party of Bangladesh.png
Website
spb.org.bd

The Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB; Bengali: বাংলাদেশের সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল) is a Marxist-Leninist 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 break away from the party and formed The Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) over disagreement on recognition of Shibdas Ghosh and Ganajagaranmancha.[4]

Ideology[]

SPB follows a Marxist-Leninist ideological line. The party claims to uphold the original intent of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong. SPB holds that Bangladesh is a capitalist country. In line with that analysis, the party works toward a socialist revolution in the country.

Central Committee[]

There are four members in the central committee of the party. Comrade Khalequzzaman is the General Secretary of Central Committee of SPB. Comrade Bazlur Rashid & Razequzzaman Ratan are Members of Central Committee.

Monthly newspaper[]

The official party newspaper, Vanguard (Bengali: ভ্যানগার্ড), is published monthly in Bengali. SPB Central Committee member Razequzzaman Ratan is the chief editor.

Mass organizations of the SPB[]

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 an 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[]

Main article: Socialist Students' Front

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 conducive to the growth and development of a revolutionary movement for the overthrow of capitalism and establishment of socialism. SSF is a member of several international students' organizations including World Federation of Democratic Youth.[6][7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Reliefs for haor people 'ridiculous, disgraceful': Sultana Kamal". The Daily Star. 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  2. ^ "6-hour nationwide hartal underway". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  3. ^ "Leftist parties lead protests over hike in power price". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  4. ^ "BaSad splits again". Bdnews24.com. 12 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Kaderi, Nasiruddin elected SCF president, GS". New Age. 26 September 2019.
  6. ^ A short background of ssf
  7. ^ anniversary

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