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Polish Labour Party - August 80 Polska Partia Pracy – Sierpień 80 | |
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First leader | Daniel Podrzycki (2001-2005) |
Last leader | Bogusław Ziętek (2005-2017) |
Founded | 11 November 2001 |
Dissolved | 24 January 2017 |
Headquarters | ul. Wyzwolenia 18, 00-570 Warsaw |
Ideology | Socialism[1] Anti-capitalism[1] Hard Euroscepticism[1] Marxism[1] Trotskyism[1] |
Political position | Left-wing[2] to far-left[1][3] |
European affiliation | European Anti-Capitalist Left |
Colours | Red |
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www.partiapracy.pl | |
The Polish Labour Party - August 80 (Polish: Polska Partia Pracy-Sierpień 80, PPP) was a minor left-wing[2] to far-left[3] political party in Poland, describing itself as socialist. It was created on 11 November 2001 as the Alternative – Labour Party (Alternatywa – Partia Pracy) and acquired its new name of Polish Labour Party (Polska Partia Pracy) in 2004, before adding the suffix -August 80 (Sierpień 80) on 20 November 2009. The party was affiliated with the Free Trade Union "August 80" .
Former members of the KPN have dispersed across the political spectrum: from the League of Polish Families, to Law and Justice and the Civic Platform, to the far-left Polish Labour Party (Polska Partia Pracy, PPP).