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The Workers' Party of Social Justice (Czech: Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti) is a Czech political party, often described as the major far-right extremist party in the Czech Republic. The party is not represented in any legislative body in the Czech Republic and its biggest electoral success so far has been a gain of 1.14% in the Czech legislative election in 2010. Some of the high-ranking party officials, including a Prague party leader, have been associated with neo-Nazi groups such as Národní odpor, the Czech subsidiary of an international militant neo-Nazi group.[9][10] In spring 2009 the petition for the ban on the party was dismissed by the Czech Supreme Administrative Court,[11] because, as the presiding judge stated, the applicant (Czech government) didn't manage to provide sufficient evidence in what was seen as a botched application.[12][13] Following violent attacks against Czech minorities by far-right extremists[14] (such as the Vítkov arson attack of 2009), the government filed a more detailed petition for the ban, which was discussed by the Czech Supreme Court in January and February 2010. The party was banned, making it the first instance of banning a party for its ideology in the modern history of the Czech Republic.[15] The party was transformed into a "Party of Citizens of the Czech Republic"[16] and the party was renamed to Workers' Party of Social Justice. The party's program was kept the same with small adjustments.
Workers' Party of Social Justice Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti | |
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Abbreviation | DSSS |
Leader | Tomáš Vandas |
Founded | February 2010 |
Preceded by | Workers' Party |
Headquarters | Ciolkovského 853, 161 00 Praha 6 |
Newspaper | Workers' List |
Youth wing | Workers' Youth |
Paramilitary wing | Civic Guards[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-right[2][3][7][8] |
European affiliation | Alliance for Peace and Freedom |
Colours | Black, Red, White |
Website | |
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The party was formed in 2003 and received less than 1% of the vote in its first election, but shortly afterwards attracted major media attention for organizing riots in quarters of Litvínov with a significant Roma population.[17][18] Afterwards, the party has managed to maintain considerable publicity by organizing a march against homosexuals[19] in Tábor.
The party then started to emphasize a nationalist dimension of its program, mostly seeking to overhaul what they see as a favorable treatment of minorities, and engaged in radically anti-communist rhetoric; on the 20th anniversary of the collapse of Communism in Czechoslovakia, the party leader Tomáš Vandas said: "So what is the state of the society nowadays? In one word: tragic. Communists still govern us."[20]
The party has repeatedly called for the overthrow and subversion of the Czech political system, which the party describes both as "liberal"[21] and "totalitarian".[22] Its official slogan for the 2009 European elections was "Resist the totalitarian regime".
The party's program includes reducing national debt while increasing old age pensions and reducing the retirement age.[23] Some of the more concrete proposals include restrictions on foreign investment, including a total ban on purchases of real estate by foreign nationals[23] and nationalization of certain companies.[24]
The party also wants to restore the death penalty,[24] criminalize "sexual deviation", including homosexuality,[24] abolish registered partnership, reduce rights of criminal defendants[24] and in some cases create new crimes with a retroactive effect.[24] Some of the most controversial proposals include marking of ethnicity in ID cards[25] and giving the police discretion to treat the arrested person inhumanly.[24]
In international affairs, the party opposes NATO and the European Union, and demands that the Czech Republic leave those organizations.[25] The party is strongly anti-American and seems to be pro-Russian,[26] going as far as stating that the Czech Republic must "immediately and strongly restore its relations with Russia".[27] Concerning other matters in international affairs, the chairman of the party arbitration commission congratulated Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran after his victory in the 2009 presidential election.[28]
Election | List leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | EP Group |
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2014[lower-alpha 1] | Tomáš Vandas | 7,902 | 0.52 (#15) | 0 / 22 |
New | − |
2019[lower-alpha 2] | 4,363 | 0.18 (#23) | 0 / 22 |
0 | ||
2024[lower-alpha 3] | Hynek Blaško | 14,910 | 0.50 (#12) | 0 / 22 |
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