Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portugal)
The Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Socialista Revolucionário, or PSR) was a small far-left Party in Portugal, founded in 1978 after the merger of two Trotskyist parties - the Internationalist Communist League (Portuguese: Liga Comunista Internacionalista or LCI) and the Workers Revolutionary Party (Portuguese: Partido Revolucionário dos Trabalhadores or PRT). The LCI and PRT were both part of the reunified Fourth International. The International recognised the PSR as its Portuguese section.
In 1998 Party renamed itself in order to join with some other left-wing parties in founding the Leftwing Bloc (Portuguese: Bloco de Esquerda or BE). The organisation retains the acronym PSR, and has become the association "Revolutionary Socialist Politics". The historical leader of the PSR is Francisco Louçã, now a leader of the Leftwing Bloc.
The Party had never achieved parliamentary representation before the merger in the Leftwing Bloc, although it may be considered the 3rd or 4th biggest left-wing Party in the country.
Read more about Revolutionary Socialist Party (Portugal): In The 1970s, In The 1980s, Leftwing Bloc
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