Political party in Croatia
Socialist Labour Party of Croatia
(
Croatian
:
Socijalisti?ka radni?ka partija Hrvatske
or
SRP
) is a
minor
socialist party
in
Croatia
, also known as
Socialist Workers' Party of Croatia
.
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Their youth wing are the
Young Socialists of Croatia
(Croatian:
Mladi Socijalisti Hrvatske
).
Ideology
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The party identifies as the meeting point of many different
leftist
ideologies.
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It emphasizes the importance of
worker self-management
and
participatory democracy
.
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Socialist Labour Party supports
new social movements
; party delegates have supported
Zagreb Pride
and
the union
protests.
Defending the good name of
Yugoslav resistance movement
during the
World War II
is also one of the key issues.
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The Party also considers the
Croatian War of Independence
to have been one of the Yugoslav
civil war
rather than a
war of independence
, which is a unique position among
parties in Croatia
.
The youth section of SRP is called
Young Socialists
.
Publications
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The official paper is called
Socijalizam danas
(
Socialism Today
).
Party organization in
Split
publishes its own paper
Gariful
(
The Carnation
).
History
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The Party was formed in 1997 by a group of leftists gathered around the magazine called
Hrvatska ljevica
(
Croatian Left
) and its chief editor
Stipe ?uvar
. SRP filled a hole on the Croatian political left after the
Social Democratic Union
had lost influence and members and the
Social Democratic Action
moved more to the center.
The first election it contested was the
2000 parliamentary election
. The party won 18,863 votes (0.66%).
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After the elections, a group of members from the Socialist Youth, the party's youth wing, left to form
Green Left of Croatia
.
In the 2001 local elections SRP won some seats in smaller, ethnically mixed communities, such as
Daruvar
,
Donji Lapac
and
Vrhovine
.
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The party ran in the following
2003 parliamentary election
and got 15,515 votes (0,59%).
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In 2004
Stipe ?uvar
resigned as party president and was replaced by Ivan Plje?a.
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Shortly after, a minority of members left to form
Socialist Party of Croatia - Left Alternative
, mostly due to personal disputes. The activist core, including the youth wing and the entire editorial board of
Hrvatska ljevica
(which worked beside the late
Stipe ?uvar
) is still a part of the SRP.
On the local elections in 2005, SRP formed a joint list with
Social Democratic Union
,
New Alternative Party - Green Movement
,
Green Left of Croatia
and
Green Party
but did not win any seats in local or regional assemblies, although it came close in several cities such as
?ibenik
,
Rijeka
and
Pula
).
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For the
2007 election
it formed an alliance with the
Left of Croatia
.
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The alliance got 9 884 votes (0.4%).
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The party contested the
2011 election
alone and won 5 177 votes (0.22%).
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Foreign relations
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The Party attended several
International Communist Seminars
(ICS)
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hosted by the
Workers' Party of Belgium
and
International Conference of Communist & Workers' Parties
. The last ICS was held in 2014.The party is currently affiliated with the World Anti-Imperialist Platform. The party also contains a faction known as "Workers' Struggle" (
Radni?ka borba
) which is close to the
reunified Fourth International
.
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Electoral history
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Legislative
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Election
|
In coalition with
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Votes won
(coalition totals)
|
Percentage
|
Seats won
|
Change
|
2000
|
None
|
18,863
|
0.66%
|
|
|
2003
|
None
|
15,515
|
0.59%
|
|
|
2007
|
LH
-
HSD
-
ISDF
|
9,884
|
0.40%
|
|
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2011
|
None
|
5,177
|
0.22%
|
|
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2015
|
None
|
2,528
|
0.12%
|
|
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2016
|
None
|
3,672
|
0.19%
|
|
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2020
|
None
|
2,149
|
0.13%
|
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2024
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None
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1,206
|
0.06%
|
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European Parliament
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Election
|
In coalition with
|
Votes won
(coalition totals)
|
Percentage
|
Seats won
|
Change
|
2013
|
None
|
3,538
|
0.48%
|
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2014
|
None
|
1,769
|
0.19%
|
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2019
|
RF
|
2,622
|
0.24%
|
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See also
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References
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- ^
"Socijalisti?ka radni?ka partija Hrvatske"
. HIDRA. Archived from
the original
on 17 February 2013
. Retrieved
14 October
2011
.
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"Paris Declaration: The rising tide of global war and the tasks of anti-imperialists"
.
World Anti-Imperialist Platform
. 14 October 2022
. Retrieved
29 November
2023
.
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"Gre?ka 404 - Dani"
. Bhdani.com. Archived from
the original
on 2013-05-18
. Retrieved
2013-10-20
.
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"Socialist Workers Party of Croatia"
. INITIATIVE. 14 Feb 2019
. Retrieved
11 May
2024
.
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[6]
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May 31, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine
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"HRT: Naslovnica"
. Izbori.hrt.hr. Archived from
the original
on 2008-01-17
. Retrieved
2013-10-20
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"IZBORI 2007"
. Izbori.hr. Archived from
the original
on 2012-05-02
. Retrieved
2013-10-20
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"Izbori 2011"
. Izbori.hr. Archived from
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on 2013-10-31
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2013-10-20
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