The Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism (, PADS) is a Communist party in

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

. When in 1993, during the

Algerian Civil War The Algerian Civil War (), known in Algeria as the Black Decade (, ), was a civil war fought between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups from 11 January 1992 (following a 1992 Algerian coup d'état, coup negating an Islami ...

, Ettehadi was realigned as a democratic movement resisting

Islamism Islamism is a range of religious and political ideological movements that believe that Islam should influence political systems. Its proponents believe Islam is innately political, and that Islam as a political system is superior to communism ...

, the Marxist–Leninist wing split apart under the leadership of Abdelhamid Benzine to retain its Marxist–Leninist legacy. PADS publishes the newspaper ''Le Lien des Ouvriers et Paysans'' (The Link of the Workers and Peasants).

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* 1993 establishments in Algeria Communist parties in Algeria Political parties established in 1993 Political parties in Algeria International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties {{Algeria-party-stub