Kuwaiti Progressive Movement
{{short description|Kuwaiti political organization}}
{{use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Kuwaiti Progressive Movement
| native_name = الحركة التقدمية الكويتية
| native_name_lang = ar
| logo = Kuwaiti Progressive Movement.png
| logo_size = 200px
| colorcode = #81021f
| leader = Osamah Alabdulrahim
| foundation = {{start date and age|2011|03|14|df=y}}
| ideology = Socialism
Anti-capitalism
Anti-imperialism
Marxism-Leninism{{cite web |url=https://www.taqadomi.com/ar/about-ar |title=About Us page of the Kuwaiti Progressive Movement}}
| position = Left-wing to far-left
| headquarters = Al Andalus, Kuwait
| split = Kuwait Democratic Forum
| newspaper =
| international = IMCWP[http://www.solidnet.org/links/communist-and-workers-parties/ Communist and Workers' Parties]
| website = {{URL|http://taqadomi.com/}}
| country = Kuwait
}}
The Kuwaiti Progressive Movement ({{Langx|ar|الحركة التقدمية الكويتية}}) is a far-left political organization in Kuwait established in 2011.
Establishment
The Movement was established in 2011 as Kuwait Progressive Bloc ({{Langx|ar|التيار التقدمي الكويتي}}) after the People's Union Party ({{Langx|ar|حزب اتحاد الشعب}}) faction, led by Ahmad Deyain, split from Kuwait Democratic Forum on the basis that the latter was taken over by a neo-liberal faction.{{Cite book |last=Deyain |first=Ahmad |url=https://taqadomi.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2013/12/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9.pdf |title=Political Blocs in Kuwait |publisher=Kuwait Progressive Bloc |year=2013 |language=ar}}{{cite web |title=Kuwait's Opposition: Who Are They? |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/ar/politics/2012/10/who-are-kuwaits-opposition.html |work=Al Monitor}}{{Cite book |last=Cavatorta |first=Francesco |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d398DwAAQBAJ&q=Kuwaiti+Progressive+Movement&pg=PA2015 |title=Political Parties in the Arab World: Continuity and Change |date=2018-06-30 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-1-4744-2409-7 |language=en}}
In its establishment proclamation, it states that it's the continuation of the People's Union Party that was established in 1975{{cite web |year=2013 |title=Q&A with the Kuwait Progressive Movement |url=http://www.yourmiddleeast.com/features/qa-with-the-kuwait-progressive-movement_12772 |work=yourmiddleeast.com}} which participated in the Forum's establishment in 1991.{{cite web |title=Progressive Kuwaiti Movement Official Website |url=http://taqadomi.com/ |language=Arabic}}
= Background =
With the increasing visibility of socialism in the 1970s following the Vietnam War, the Ethiopian Civil War, the election of Salvador Allende in Chile, and the success of other national liberation movements such as the MPLA in Angola and the NLF in South Yemen (as well as others in the prior decade), leftists in Kuwait originally had to operate secretly due to restrictions put in place by the Emir until the end of the Gulf War.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
Leadership
Its current Secretary-General is Osamah Alabdulrahim,{{Cite web |last=altaqadomia |date=2023-04-29 |title=The General Secretary of the Kuwaiti Progressive Movement, Osamah Alabdulrahim, sends a congratulatory message and solidarity to the Communist Party of Cuba on the occasion of the results of the elections of the National Assembly of People’s Power and the re-election of Comrade Miguel Díaz-Canel as President of the Socialist Republic of Cuba |url=https://taqadomi.com/the-general-secretary-of-the-kuwaiti-progressive-movement-osamah-alabdulrahim-sends-a-congratulatory-message-and-solidarity-to-the-communist-party-of-cuba-on-the-occasion-of-the-results-of-the-elect/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=الحركة التقدمية الكويتية |language=ar}} and its candidate for the 2022 Kuwait National Assembly elections was Dr. Hamad Alansari.{{Cite web |last=altaqadomia |date=2022-09-30 |title=الأمين العام للحركة التقدمية الكويتية د.حمد الأنصاري يوجه التحية للشعب الكويتي والتهنئة للغالبية النيابية ويعلن عن "خارطة الطريق" التي تقترحها الحركة التقدمية على أعضاء مجلس الأمة |url=https://taqadomi.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%b1%d9%83%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%af%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d9%88%d9%8a%d8%aa%d9%8a-8/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=الحركة التقدمية الكويتية |language=ar}}