The Latvian Socialist Party (Latvian: Latvijas Socialistiska Partija) was formed in 1994 in response to the banning of the communist party after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Latvian Socialist Party is a Marxist party. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ...

The current president of the party is Alfrēds Rubiks, a former leader of the Latvian Communist Party. He was imprisoned from 1991 to 1997 for attempting a coup-d'etat against the Latvian authorities in August 1991. 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Reef. ...

The socialist party is mainly popular among the Russian-speaking population of Latvian. It places a high priority on issues important to ethnic Russians, such as language and citizenship laws. The socialist party believes that Latvian citizenship should be open to all people who were citizens of Latvia in 1990. This would entail a major change in the current law which only gives automatic citizenship to descendants of people who lived in Latvia before Soviet Union occupied it in 1940 and requires Russians who moved to Latvia between 1940 and 1990 to go through a naturalization process. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Naturalization is the process whereby a person becomes a national of a nation, or a citizen of a country, other than the one of his birth. ...

At the last legislative elections, 5 october 2002, it was part of the For Human Rights in United Latvia (Par cilvēka tiesībām vienotā Latvijā) coalition, that won 18.9 % of popular vote and 25 out of 100 seats. It was an alliance of predominantly Russian-speaking parties from 1998 to 2003 but has left the alliance now. As of May 2004, it has 5 out of 100 seats in Saeima, the Latvian parliament. A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Politics of Latvia Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Latvia ... Par Cilvēka Tiesībām Vienotā Latvijā (abbreviated PCTVL, For Human Rights in United Latvia) is an alliance of several political parties in Latvia, supported mainly by Russian-speaking Latvians. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Saeima is the parliament of Latvia. ...

External link

• Official web site (http://www.vide.lv/lsp/)