Communist Workers League (in French: ''Ligue Communiste des Travailleurs'') was a

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Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

, founded in 1977. It originated from a split in GOR (the forerunner of the OST). It published ''Tribune Ouvrière''. LCT adhered to the

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. The first public act of LCT was a leafletting in support of the students strike at the Faculty of Science in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from :wo:daqaar, daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar ...

in May 1977. At the time of the

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, LCT advocated abstention. LCT was awarded official recognition on July 8, 1982. The general secretary was M. Mahmoud Saleh.Nzouakeu, Jacques Mariel. ''Les parties politiques sénégalais.'' Dakar: Editions Clairafrique, 1984.

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