RACJA Polskiej Lewicy

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REASON of Polish Left
Leader	Jan Barański
Founded	8 August 2002
Headquarters	ul. Emilii Plater 55/81, 00-113 Warsaw
Political ideology	Social democracy, Anticlericalism
International affiliation
Website	http://www.racja.org.pl

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REASON of Polish Left (RACJA Polskiej Lewicy, RACJA, RACJA PL) is a left wing anti-clerical political party in Poland. It was registered on August 8, 2002 as the Anticlerical Progress Party REASON (Antyklerykalna Partia Postępu RACJA, APP RACJA, APP Racja, APP, APPR) and acquired its current name on January 14, 2006.

The party is opposed to the involvement of the Roman Catholic Church in state affairs, the teaching of religion in schools, and state financial support for the Church in Poland. The Party believes in the separation of church and state, the promotion of the role of women in public life, the introduction of sex education in schools, state support for contraception, legalised abortions and euthanasia, tolerance towards social minorities, and the legal recognition of same-sex relationships through civil unions. The Party supports free public health care, an increase in tax revenues, improving economic conditions for businesses and reducing unemployment. The Party supports Poland’s membership in NATO.

In June 2005 the Party endorsed Senator Maria Szyszkowska as its candidate in the 2005 Presidential Election.

[edit] External links

• RACJA Polskiej Lewicy (official polish website)

Timeline of Polish socialist/social-democratic parties after 1986

• Polish Socialist Party /PPS (1987 - ) • Polish Social Democratic Union /PUS (1990 - 1992) • Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland / SdRP (1990 - 1999) • Democratic-Social Movement /RDS (1991 - 1993) • Labour Union /UP (1992 - ) • Self-Defense (1993 - ) • Alliance of the Democratic Left /SLD (1999 - ) • REASON of Polish Left /RACJA PL (2002 - ) • Social Democratic Party of Poland/SDPL (2004 - ) • Union of the Left /UL (2004 - )