Popular Action Movement
{{Infobox political party
| name = Popular Action Movement
| logo = Popular Action Movement.png
| colorcode = #F4922F
| leader = Musallam Al-Barrak
| foundation = {{start date|2013|3}}
| ideology = Populism
| headquarters =
| website = http://7ashdkw.com/
| country = Kuwait
| native_name_lang = ar
| native_name = حركة العمل الشعبي
| position =
| symbol = 100px
}}
The Popular Action Movement ({{langx|ar|حركة العمل الشعبي}}, PAM) is a Kuwaiti opposition political group.
Formed in the aftermath of the 2011–12 protests, the PAM first came together in March 2013 by opposition youth groups and former MPs.{{cite book |last1=Matthiesen |first1=Toby |title=Sectarian Gulf: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the Arab Spring That Wasn't |date=2013 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-0-8047-8722-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cv9-wwT0tHcC |accessdate=23 November 2019 |language=en}}{{rp|107}} Their aims included the creation of an elected government, a return to the previous voting system, and the legalisation of political parties.{{rp|108}} The group was created by members of the Popular Action Bloc, including Ahmed Al-Sadoun and Musallam Al-Barrak, who became the group's general secretary.{{cite news |last1=Izzak |first1=B |title=Oppn Launches Rebranded Popular Action Movement |url=https://news.kuwaittimes.net/pdf/2014/mar/16/p01.pdf |accessdate=23 November 2019 |work=Kuwait Times |date=16 March 2014}}
In June 2015, general secretary Al-Barrak began serving a two-year prison sentence following criticism of Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in a speech three years prior.{{cite book |last1=Verhoeven |first1=Harry |title=Environmental Politics in the Middle East |date=2018 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-091668-8 |page=87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y_hyDwAAQBAJ |accessdate=23 November 2019 |language=en}} He remained leader throughout his jail time.{{cite news |title=TV channel referred to prosecution for violating e-media law {{!}} Kuwait Times |url=https://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/tv-channel-referred-prosecution-violating-e-media-law/ |accessdate=23 November 2019 |work=Kuwait Times |date=31 October 2016}}