Socialist Alternative (Polish: Alternatywa Socjalistyczna) is a Trotskyist political party in Poland. It is affiliated to International Socialist Alternative. Prior to 2011, the party was known as the Group for a Workers' Party (Grupa na rzecz Partii Robotniczej, GPR).

Formation

The GPR emerged from a group of workers building an organisation called Anti-Capitalist Offensive (OA), after discussing with several international Trotskyist tendencies, they began discussions with the Committee for a Workers International at the OA Summer Camp in 2002 and became a sympathising section of the CWI in February 2004.^[1]

Campaigning

Socialist Alternative is heavily involved with supporting the activities of the August 80 trade union, including defending victimised trade unionists and arguing for better working conditions.^[2][3] Socialist Alternative has also participated in other actions defending trade unionists in the Committee for the Aid and Defence of Victimised Workers (KPiORP).^[4] In addition, Socialist Alternative has been involved in helping to build the small Polish Labour Party.^[5]

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