Socialist Party of Bangladesh

The Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB; Bengali: বাংলাদেশের সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল) is a Marxist-Leninist party in Bangladesh.[1][2][3] The party was founded by Comrade Khalequzzaman on 7 November 1980.

Socialist Party of Bangladesh

বাংলাদেশের সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল
AbbreviationSPB
General SecretaryComrade Khalequzzaman
Founded7 November 1980 (1980-11-07)
Headquarters23/2 Topkhana Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh 1000.
NewspaperVanguard
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationInternational Anti-Imperialist Coordinating Committee (IACC)
ColoursRed
Website
spb.org.bd

Ideology

SPB follows a Marxist-Leninist ideological line. The party claims to uphold the original intent of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong. SPB holds that Bangladesh is a capitalist country. In line with that analysis, the party works toward a socialist revolution in the country.

Central Committee

There are four members in the central committee of the party. Comrade Khalequzzaman is the General Secretary of Central Committee of SPB. Comrade Bazlur Rashid & Razequzzaman Ratan are Members of Central Committee.

Monthly newspaper

The official party newspaper, Vanguard (Bengali: ভ্যানগার্ড), is published monthly in Bengali. SPB Central Committee member Razequzzaman Ratan is the chief editor.

Mass organizations of the SPB

SPB has many political wings, some of them are:

  • Samajtanrik Chhatra Front [Socialist Students' Front][4]
  • Socialist Labour Front (SLF)
  • Socialist Peasants' Front (SPF)
  • Socialist Women's Forum (SWF)
  • Progressive Teachers' forum (PTF)
  • Progressive Engineers' and Architects' Forum (PEAF)
  • Progressive Lawyers' Front (PLF)
  • Progressive Agriculturist Centre (PAC)
  • Progressive Doctors Forum (PDF)
  • Progressive Art an Mass Media Workers Forum (PAMMWF)
  • Bangladesh Shipping Workers Federation (BSWF)
  • Re-rolling Steel Mills Labour Front (RSMLF)
  • Charan Sangskritik Kendro
  • Shishu Kishor Mela (SKM)
  • Platform of Science Movement (PSM)

References
  1. "Reliefs for haor people 'ridiculous, disgraceful': Sultana Kamal". The Daily Star. 2017-05-20. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  2. "6-hour nationwide hartal underway". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  3. "Leftist parties lead protests over hike in power price". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  4. "Kaderi, Nasiruddin elected SCF president, GS". New Age. 26 September 2019.


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