Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portugal)
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Revolutionary Socialist Party
Partido Socialista Revolucionário |
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| Leader | Francisco Louçã |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Dissolved | 1999 |
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Internationalist Communist League Workers Revolutionary Party |
| Succeeded by | Left Bloc |
| Ideology | Trotskyism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | Fourth International |
The Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialista Revolucionário, pronounced: [pɐɾˈtidu susiɐˈliʃtɐ ʁɨvulusiuˈnaɾiu], or PSR) was a small far-left Party in Portugal, founded in 1978 after the merger of two Trotskyist parties - the Internationalist Communist League (Portuguese: Liga Comunista Internacionalista or LCI) and the Workers Revolutionary Party (Portuguese: Partido Revolucionário dos Trabalhadores or PRT). The LCI and PRT were both part of the reunified Fourth International. The International recognised the PSR as its Portuguese section.
In 1998 Party renamed itself in order to join with some other left-wing parties in founding the Left Bloc (Portuguese: Bloco de Esquerda or BE). The organisation retains the acronym PSR, and has become the association "Revolutionary Socialist Politics". The historical leader of the PSR is Francisco Louçã, who would become leader of the Left Bloc.
The party had never achieved parliamentary representation before the merger in the Left Bloc, although it may be considered the 3rd or 4th biggest left-wing Party in the country.
In 1979, the Party ran in a legislative election for the first time, achieving 0.6% of the voting. In the next year, another legislative election took place and the Party achieved 1.0% of the votes.
In 1983, the Party ran in the legislative election in coalition with the People's Democratic Union (Portuguese: União Democrática Popular or UDP) in some constituencies, receiving 0.4% in those constituencies and 0.2% in the others In 1985, after some splits, the Party gained a new life, mainly due to its anti-militaristic and anti-racist campaigns and in that year's election, the PSR got 0.6% of the vote. In 1987, the Party contested the first European Election held in Portugal, achieving 0.5%, and in the legislative election, achieving 0.6%.
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