Socialist Alternative (Quebec)

Socialist Alternative (French: Alternative socialiste) is a Trotskyist political party in the Canadian province of Quebec. It is affiliated to International Socialist Alternative.

Socialist Alternative
Alternative Socialiste
Founded2009
NewspaperOffensive
IdeologyMarxism
Socialism
Trotskyism
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationInternational Socialist Alternative
ColoursRed
Website
alternativesocialiste.org

It was formed in 2009 by former members of the Communist Party of Quebec as the Movement for the Socialist Party of Quebec (Mouvement pour le Parti socialiste du Québec, MPSQ). In 2010 it renamed itself in order to prevent confusion about its role and objectives, particularly due to association in people's minds with the centre-left Socialist Party in France.[1]

Quebec national question

Socialist Alternative supports national sovereignty for Quebec.[2] However, the party states that it does not consider independence as an end in itself and that it is opposed to nationalist sovereignty as promoted by the Parti Québécois. Rather, it holds that a left-wing independence movement can serve to embolden workers and bring questions of economic democracy and planning to the fore.[3] It therefore works with other left organisations to promote a programme for an anti-capitalist Quebec.[4][5][6]

See also

References
  1. Le MPSQ devient Alternative Socialiste - Québec Archived 2012-07-01 at archive.today (in French), Alternative socialiste, 16 September 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2012
  2. Plate-forme adopté lors du IIIe Congrès d’Alternative socialiste Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine (in French), Alternative socialiste. Retrieved 4 August 2014
  3. Socialisme et Indépendance au Québec (in French), pressegauche.org, 25 June 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2014
  4. Les grands oubliés de la campagne électorale municipale (in French), pressegauche.org, 26 November 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2014
  5. Restons debout patriotes (in French), lequebecois.org, 8 April 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014
  6. Réseau Liberté-Québec: la droite citoyenne sort de l'anonymat (in French), Le Soleil, 24 October 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2014
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