Kuwaiti Progressive Movement

The Kuwaiti Progressive Movement (Arabic: الحركة التقدمية الكويتية) is a far-left political organization in Kuwait established in 2011.

Kuwaiti Progressive Movement
الحركة التقدمية الكويتية
LeaderOsamah Alabdulrahim
Founded14 March 2011 (2011-03-14)
HeadquartersAl Andalus, Kuwait
IdeologySocialism
Anti-capitalism
Anti-imperialism
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left
Website
taqadomi.com

Establishment

The Movement was established in 2011 as Kuwait Progressive Bloc (Arabic: التيار التقدمي الكويتي) after the People's Union Party (Arabic: 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.[1][2][3] In its establishment proclamation, it states that it's the continuation of the People's Union Party that was established in 1975[4] which participated in the Forum's establishment in 1991.[5]

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.

Leadership

Its current Secretary-General is Osamah Alabdulrahim,[6] and its candidate for the 2022 Kuwait National Assembly elections was Dr. Hamad Alansari.[7]

References
  1. Deyain, Ahmad (2013). Political Blocs in Kuwait (PDF) (in Arabic). Kuwait Progressive Bloc.
  2. "Kuwait's Opposition: Who Are They?". Al Monitor.
  3. Cavatorta, Francesco (30 June 2018). Political Parties in the Arab World: Continuity and Change. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 978-1-4744-2409-7.
  4. "Q&A with the Kuwait Progressive Movement". yourmiddleeast.com. 2013.
  5. "Progressive Kuwaiti Movement Official Website" (in Arabic).
  6. altaqadomia (29 April 2023). "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". الحركة التقدمية الكويتية (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. altaqadomia (30 September 2022). "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". الحركة التقدمية الكويتية (in Arabic). Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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