Socialist Party of Bangladesh

{{Infobox political party

| name = Socialist Party of Bangladesh

| native_name = বাংলাদেশের সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল

| native_name_lang = bn

| abbreviation = BaSaD
SPB

| logo = Socialist Party of Bangladesh Official Logo.png

| logo_size = 125px

| colorcode = {{party color|Socialist Party of Bangladesh}}

| general_secretary = Bazlur Rashid Firoz

| founded = {{start date|1980|11|07|df=yes}}

| student_wing = Socialist Students' Front

| ideology = {{ubl|Communism|Marxism–Leninism–Maoism|Stalinism|Anti-revisionism}}

| position = Far-left

| national = LDA

| headquarters = 23/2 Topkhana Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh-1000

| newspaper = Vanguard

| international = ICOR

| colours = {{Color box|{{party color|Socialist Party of Bangladesh}}}} Red

| country = Bangladesh

| symbol = File:Symbol of Socialist Party of Bangladesh.png

| seats1_title = MPs in the
Jatiya Sangsad

| seats1 = Parliament dissolved

| seats2_title = Mayors in the
City Corporations

| seats2 = Post dissolved

| seats3_title = Councillors in the
City Corporations

| seats3 = {{Composition bar|2|640|hex={{party color|Socialist Party of Bangladesh}}}}

| seats4_title = Chairmens in the
District Councils

| seats4 = {{composition bar|0|64|{{party color|Socialist Party of Bangladesh}}}}

| seats5_title = Chairmens in the
Subdistrict Councils

| seats5 = {{composition bar|0|495|{{party color|Socialist Party of Bangladesh}}}}

| seats6_title = Chairmans in the
Union Councils

| seats6 = {{composition bar|0|4554|{{party color|Socialist Party of Bangladesh}}}}

}}

The Socialist Party of Bangladesh ({{langx|bn|বাংলাদেশের সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল}}) is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in Bangladesh.{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/country/reliefs-haor-people-ridiculous-disgraceful-sultana-kamal-1408186 |title=Reliefs for haor people 'ridiculous, disgraceful': Sultana Kamal |date=2017-05-20 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2017-12-19}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2017/11/30/6-hour-nationwide-hartal-underway/ |title=6-hour nationwide hartal underway |website=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2017-12-19}}{{Cite news |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/11/30/leftist-parties-lead-protests-over-hike-in-power-price |title=Leftist parties lead protests over hike in power price |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=2017-12-19}} The party was founded by Comrade Khalequzzaman on 7 November 1980. In 2013, a group of members under the leadership of Mubinul Haider Chowdhury broke away from the party and formed the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) over disagreement on recognition of the thought of Shibdas Ghosh and Ganajagaranmancha.{{Cite web|date=12 April 2013|title=BaSad splits again|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/04/12/basad-splits-again|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905211216/https://bangla.bdnews24.com/politics/article613054.bdnews|archive-date=5 September 2018|access-date=5 September 2018|website=Bdnews24.com|language=en}}

Ideology

SPB is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party. The party supports the ideologies of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong. The SPB party holds that Bangladesh is a capitalist- semi fascist country. Following its analysis, the party seeks to establish a socialist state through revolutionary socialism throughout Bangladesh.

Central committee

There are 14 members in the central committee of the party. Comrade Bazlur Rashid Firoz is the General Secretary of Central Committee of SPB.

General Secretary: Bazlur Rashid Firoz
Joint General Secretary: Razequzzaman Ratan
Members:
Abdul Kuddus
Nikhil Das
Janardon Datta Nantu
Abdur Razzaq
Wazed Parvez
Rowshan Ara Rusho
Saiful Islam Poltu
Julfikar Ali
Nabo Kumar Karmakar
Sofiur Rahanan Sofi
Shampa Basu
Manisha Chakraborty

Monthly newspaper

The official party newspaper, Vanguard ({{langx|bn|ভ্যানগার্ড}}), is published monthly in Bengali. SPB central committee member Razequzzaman Ratan is the current chief editor.

Mass organizations of the party

SPB has many political wings, some of them are:

Socialist Students' Front{{cite news |title=Kaderi, Nasiruddin elected SCF president, GS |url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/85743/kaderi-nasiruddin-elected-scf-president-gse |work=New Age (Bangladesh) |date=26 September 2019}}
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 and 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)

Socialist Students' Front

The Socialist Students' Front (SSF) ({{langx|bn|সমাজতান্ত্রিক ছাত্রফ্রন্ট}}) is the student's wing of SPB. This organization is one of the largest leftist students' organization in the country. The slogans of the SSF are: "Socialist Students' Front, commitments to the revolution!" and "Socialist Students' Front, commitments to save the rights of education!"

The SSF was established on 21 January 1984. The main objective of the SSF is to build a students’ movement throughout the country to bring about educational reforms to make education cheap, universal, scientific, truly secular, equal, and democratic, and to create an education system that is a revolutionary movement for the overthrow of capitalism and establishment of socialist state. SSF is a member of several international students' organizations including World Federation of Democratic Youth.A short background of ssf{{cite news |title=Bangladesh students celebrate worldwide struggle |url=https://www.workers.org/2010/world/bangladesh_0422/ |work=Workers World}}

Election results

=Jatiya Sangsad elections=

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Election !Party leader !Votes !% !Seats ! +/– !Position !Government
1991 \|rowspan=7 \|Khalequzzaman Bhuiyan \|34,868 \|0.10% \|{{Composition bar\|0\|300\|hex={{party color\|Socialist Party of Bangladesh}}}} \|New \|{{increase}} 21st \|{{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
Feb 1996 \| colspan="2" align=center \|Boycotted \|{{Composition bar\|0\|300\|hex={{party color\|Socialist Party of Bangladesh}}}} \|{{steady}} 0 \|{{N/A}} \|{{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
Jun 1996 \|10,234 \|0.02% \|{{Composition bar\|0\|300\|hex={{party color\|Socialist Party of Bangladesh}}}} \|{{steady}} 0 \|{{increase}} 20th \|{{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
2001 \|21,164 \|0.04% \|{{Composition bar\|0\|300\|hex={{party color\|Socialist Party of Bangladesh}}}} \|{{steady}} 0 \|{{increase}} 13th \|{{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
2008 \|38,643 \|0.06% \|{{Composition bar\|0\|300\|hex={{party color\|Socialist Party of Bangladesh}}}} \|{{steady}} 0 \|{{decrease}} 18th \|{{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
2014 \| colspan=2 \|Boycotted \|{{Composition bar\|0\|300\|hex={{party color\|Socialist Party of Bangladesh}}}} \|{{steady}} 0 \|{{N/A}} \|{{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}
2018 \|17,591 \|0.02% \|{{Composition bar\|0\|300\|hex={{party color\|Socialist Party of Bangladesh}}}} \|{{steady}} 0 \|{{decrease}} 19th \|{{no\|Extra-parliamentary}}

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Election

!Party leader

!Votes

!Seats

! +/–

!Position

!Government

1991

|rowspan=7 |Khalequzzaman Bhuiyan

|34,868

|0.10%