People's Socialist Front
{{Short description|Defunct socialist party in Portugal 1974-2004}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = People's Socialist Front
| native_name = Frente Socialista Popular
| logo = Frente Socialista Popular logo, 1975.svg
| colorcode = Red
| founder = Manuel Serra
| foundation = 1974
| dissolution = 7 July 2004
| ideology = Socialism
| position = Left-wing
| split = Socialist Party
| country = Portugal
}}
The People's Socialist Front or Popular Socialist Front ({{langx|pt|Frente Socialista Popular}}, FSP) was a socialist political party in Portugal, founded in 1974. It was a breakaway group from the Socialist Party.
History
The group was founded in December 1974 by Manuel Serra,{{cite news |title=Turmoil faces Portugal as Parties Clash |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66960058/turmoil-faces-portugal-as-parties-clash/ |access-date=5 January 2021 |work=The Observer |date=4 May 1975 |pages=6}} a Marxist who had previously attempted to become leader of the Socialist Party. He had been imprisoned for several years during the authoritarian Estado Novo regime.{{cite news |title=Soares fights off militants in party shift |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66960704/soares-fights-off-militants-in-party/ |access-date=5 January 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=17 December 1974 |pages=4}} Under his leadership, the FSP took place in violent demonstrations, including riots in Setúbal.{{cite news |title=Coming to the Aid of the Party |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66959465/coming-to-the-aid-of-the-party/ |access-date=5 January 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=24 March 1975 |pages=3}}
In the 1975 Constituent Assembly election, the FSP received less than 5% of the vote and won zero seats.{{cite news |title=The Vote against Rhetoric |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66960459/the-vote-against-rhetoric/ |access-date=5 January 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=28 April 1975 |pages=11}}
The FSP ran candidates in the 1976 legislative election,{{cite news |title=Left at the Hustings |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66958936/left-at-the-hustings/ |access-date=5 January 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=23 April 1976 |pages=3}} and participated in the 1976 local election in coalition with the Portuguese Communist Party and the Portuguese Democratic Movement inside the Electoral Front United People.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
On 7 July 2004, after several years of inactivity, the party was declared extinct by the Portuguese Constitutional Court.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
References
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Category:Defunct socialist parties in Portugal
Category:1974 establishments in Portugal
Category:Political parties established in 1974