Party of Socialist Revolution
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Party of Socialist Revolution (in French
: Parti de la Révolution Socialiste) was a clandestine opposition party in Algeria
. PRS was founded in 1962 by Muhammad Boudiaf
. The existence of PRS was announced in connection with the election to the National Assembly. The membership of PRS was largely made up by former FLN
guerrillas of the Wilaya of Constantine, trade union cadre and Algerian diaspora.
PRS was suppressed by the regime. Boudiaf and other leaders were jailed in the months following the founding of the party.
PRS published Le Revolutionnaire.
In 1965 PRS established its headquarters in France
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Source: Tlemcani, Rachid, State and Revolution in Algeria. Boulder: Westview Press, 1986.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: Parti de la Révolution Socialiste) was a clandestine opposition party in Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
. PRS was founded in 1962 by Muhammad Boudiaf
Muhammad Boudiaf
Mohamed Boudiaf , also called Si Tayeb el Watani, was an Algerian political leader and one of the founders of the revolutionary Front de libération nationale that led the Algerian War of Independence .- Early years in the nationalist movement :Mohamed Boudiaf was born in...
. The existence of PRS was announced in connection with the election to the National Assembly. The membership of PRS was largely made up by former FLN
National Liberation Front (Algeria)
The National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.- Anticolonial struggle :...
guerrillas of the Wilaya of Constantine, trade union cadre and Algerian diaspora.
PRS was suppressed by the regime. Boudiaf and other leaders were jailed in the months following the founding of the party.
PRS published Le Revolutionnaire.
In 1965 PRS established its headquarters in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Source: Tlemcani, Rachid, State and Revolution in Algeria. Boulder: Westview Press, 1986.