Socialist Alternative (Quebec)

Socialist Alternative
Founded 2009
Newspaper Le Socialiste
(The Socialist)
Ideology Marxism
Socialism
Trotskyism
Political position Far-left
National affiliation Québec solidaire
International affiliation Committee for a Workers' International
Colours Red
Website
alternativesocialiste.org
Politics of Canada
Political parties
Elections

Socialist Alternative (French: Alternative socialiste) is a Trotskyist political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is affiliated to the Committee for a Workers' International and participates in Québec solidaire, a broad party of the Quebec left.[1][2]

Formed in 2009 by erstwhile members of the Communist Party of Quebec, the party was initially known as the Movement for the Socialist Party of Quebec (Mouvement pour le Parti socialiste du Québec, MPSQ). In 2010 it renamed itself in order to prevent confusion about its role and objectives, particularly due to association in people's minds with the centre-left Socialist Party in France.[3]

Quebec national question

In common with Quebec solidaire, Socialist Alternative supports national sovereignty for Quebec.[4] However, the party states that it does not consider independence as an end in itself and that it is opposed to nationalist sovereignty as promoted by the Parti québécois. Rather, it holds that a left-wing independence movement can serve to embolden workers and bring questions of economic democracy and planning to the fore.[5] It therefore works with other left organisations to promote a programme for an anti-capitalist Quebec.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Québec solidaire - Vers notre programme (French), Québec solidaire. Retrieved 26 June 2012
  2. ↑ Rassemblement de la droite à Québec (French), Radio-Canada, 23 October 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2014
  3. ↑ Le MPSQ devient Alternative Socialiste - Québec (French), Alternative socialiste, 16 September 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2012
  4. ↑ Plate-forme adopté lors du IIIe Congrès d’Alternative socialiste (French), Alternative socialiste. Retrieved 4 August 2014
  5. ↑ Socialisme et Indépendance au Québec (French), pressegauche.org, 25 June 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2014
  6. ↑ Les grands oubliés de la campagne électorale municipale (French), pressegauche.org, 26 November 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2014
  7. ↑ Restons debout patriotes (French), lequebecois.org, 8 April 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014
  8. ↑ Réseau Liberté-Québec: la droite citoyenne sort de l'anonymat (French), Le Soleil, 24 October 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2014

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