Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism

The Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism (French: Parti Algérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme, PADS) is a Communist party in Algeria. When in 1993,^[1] during the Algerian Civil War, Ettehadi was realigned as a democratic movement resisting Islamism,^[2] the Marxist–Leninist wing split apart under the leadership of Abdelhamid Benzine to retain its Marxist–Leninist legacy.^[2]

Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism Parti Algérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme
Abbreviation	PADS
Founder	Abdelhamid Benzine
Founded	1993 (1993)
Newspaper	Le Lien des Ouvriers et Paysans
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	IMCWP
Council of the Nation	0 / 144
People's National Assembly	0 / 480
Politics of Algeria Political parties Elections

PADS publishes the newspaper Le Lien des Ouvriers et Paysans (The Link of the Workers and Peasants).