Bread and Freedom Party

The Bread and Freedom Party (Arabic: حزب العيش والحرية; Hizb AlEish WaAlHorria), also translated as the Bread and Liberty Party,^[4] is a democratic socialist party in Egypt created in November 2013 by former members of the Socialist Popular Alliance Party.

Bread and Freedom Party حزب العيش والحرية
Leader	Khaled Ali[1]
Founded	2013
Split from	Socialist Popular Alliance Party
Ideology	Democratic socialism Anti-capitalism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Civil Democratic Movement[2] Social Justice Front[3]
House of Representatives	0 / 568
Politics of Egypt Political parties Elections

History

280 members from the Socialist Popular Alliance Party gave their resignations in early November 2013, though the resignations were rejected by Abdel Ghafar Shukr, the head of the party.^[5] The Daily News Egypt site gives the number of resigning members as 304.^[6] The resigning members criticized their former party for aligning itself with the military during the transitional period and defending the actions of the police.^[6] The members formed a new party in response.^[7]

The party is not registered as of 10 February 2014.^[8]

Policies

The policies of the Bread and Freedom Party include wealth redistribution and development.^[7]