Workers Party of Socialist Unity
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Workers Party of Socialist Unity (Portuguese
: Partido Operário de Unidade Socialista, pɐɾˈtidu opɨˈɾaɾiu dɨ uniˈdadɨ susiɐˈliʃtɐ, or POUS) is a small Trotskyist political party in Portugal
, founded in 1976 after a split from the Portuguese Socialist Party
. It is a member of the Fourth International
led by Pierre Lambert
.
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
: Partido Operário de Unidade Socialista, pɐɾˈtidu opɨˈɾaɾiu dɨ uniˈdadɨ susiɐˈliʃtɐ, or POUS) is a small Trotskyist political party in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, founded in 1976 after a split from the Portuguese Socialist Party
Portuguese Socialist Party
The Portuguese Socialist Party was a political party in Portugal.The party was founded in 1875. During its initial phase the party was heavily influenced by Proudhonism, and rejected revolutionary Marxism. The party suffered constant factional struggles...
. It is a member of the Fourth International
Fourth International (ICR)
The Fourth International was established as an "International Centre of Reconstruction" by co-thinkers of Pierre Lambert, in 1981 who argued that the post-war political evolution of the Fourth International under the leadership of Michel Pablo and Ernest Mandel had taken the FI away from the...
led by Pierre Lambert
Pierre Lambert
Pierre Lambert was a French Trotskyist leader, who, for many years acted as the central leader of the French Courant Communiste Internationaliste which founded the Parti des Travailleurs.He was born in Paris to a family of Russian Jewish immigrants...
.