Jordanian Democratic People's Party ( ar, حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الأردني ''Hizb Al-Sha'ab Al-Dimuqrati Al-Urduni'', HASHD), is a
communist party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...
in
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
. HASHD was formed in 1989, when the
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP; ar, الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين, ''al-Jabha al-Dīmūqrāṭiyya li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn'') is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist organi ...
separated their branch in Jordan to become a separate party.
HASHD publishes the weekly newspaper ''Al-Ahali''. In the past, the party published the weekly newspaper ''al Lajna al Shaabiya''.
See also
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List of political parties in Jordan
This article lists political parties in Jordan. Jordan has 34 different political parties, but apart from the oppositional Islamic Action Front and neutral Jordanian National Youth Party, none of them play a real role because of lack of organiz ...
References
External links
Al-Ahali website
1989 establishments in Jordan
Arab Nationalist Movement breakaway groups
Communist parties in Jordan
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Political parties established in 1989
Political parties in Jordan
Secularism in Jordan
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