Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia ( pl, Polska Partia Socjalno-Demokratyczna Galicji) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

in Galicia. The party was formed in 1890 as the Galician territorial organization of the

Social Democratic Workers Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...

. In 1892 it took the name Social Democratic Party of Galicia (''Galicyjska Partia Socjaldemokratyczna'' or ''Socjaldemokratyczna Partia Galicji''). After an 1907 split, which led to the formation of the Ukrainian Social Democratic Party, the word 'Polish' was added to the party name.The tradition of Jewish anti-Zionism in the Galician socialist movement
It was also known as Polish Social Democratic Party of Galicia and Cieszyn Silesia (''Polska Partia Socjalno-Demokratyczna Galicji i Śląska Cieszyńskiego''). From 1904 it closely worked with

Polish Socialist Party The Polish Socialist Party ( pl, Polska Partia Socjalistyczna, PPS) is a socialist political party in Poland. It was one of the most important parties in Poland from its inception in 1892 until its merger with the communist Polish Workers' P ...

, into which it was merged in 1919.

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