Workers Party of Social Justice

Workers' Party of Social Justice

Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti

Abbreviation| DSSS
Leader| Tomáš Vandas
Founded| February 2010
Preceded by| Workers' Party
Headquarters| Ciolkovského 853,
161 00 Praha 6
Newspaper| Workers' List
Youth wing| Workers' Youth
Paramilitary wing| Civic Guards[1]
Ideology|

* Czech nationalism[2][3]
* Neo-Nazism[2]: 3 [4][5][6]
* Social conservatism[2]: 4
* Welfare chauvinism[2]: 4
* Antiziganism[2]: 4

Political position| Far-right[2]: 3 [3][7][8]
European affiliation| Alliance for Peace and Freedom
Colours| Black, Red, White
Website
www.dsss.cz
DSSS leader, Tomáš Vandas

The Workers' Party of Social Justice (Czech: Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti) is a Czech political party, often described as the major far-right extremist party in the Czech Republic. The party is not represented in any legislative body in the Czech Republic and its biggest electoral success so far has been a gain of 1.14% in the Czech legislative election in 2010. Some of the high-ranking party officials, including a Prague party leader, have been associated with neo-Nazi groups such as Národní odpor, the Czech subsidiary of an international militant neo-Nazi group.[9][10] In spring 2009 the petition for the ban on the party was dismissed by the Czech Supreme Administrative Court,[11] because, as the presiding judge stated, the applicant (Czech government) didn't manage to provide sufficient evidence in what was seen as a botched application.[12][13] Following violent attacks against Czech minorities by far-right extremists[14] (such as the Vítkov arson attack of 2009), the government filed a more detailed petition for the ban, which was discussed by the Czech Supreme Court in January and February 2010. The party was banned, making it the first instance of banning a party for its ideology in the modern history of the Czech Republic.[15] The party was transformed into a "Party of Citizens of the Czech Republic"[16] and the party was renamed to Workers' Party of Social Justice. The party's program was kept the same with small adjustments.

## Contents

* 1 Ideology and program
* 2 Election results
* 2.1 European Parliament
* 2.2 Czech legislative election
* 3 References

## Ideology and program

The party was formed in 2003 and received less than 1% of the vote in its first election, but shortly afterwards attracted major media attention for organizing riots in quarters of Litvínov with a significant Roma population.[17][18] Afterwards, the party has managed to maintain considerable publicity by organizing a march against homosexuals[19] in Tábor.

The party then started to emphasize a nationalist dimension of its program, mostly seeking to overhaul what they see as a favorable treatment of minorities, and engaged in radically anti-communist rhetoric; on the 20th anniversary of the collapse of Communism in Czechoslovakia, the party leader Tomáš Vandas said: "So what is the state of the society nowadays? In one word: tragic. Communists still govern us."[20]

The party has repeatedly called for the overthrow and subversion of the Czech political system, which the party describes both as "liberal"[21] and "totalitarian".[22] Its official slogan for the 2009 European elections was "Resist the totalitarian regime".

The party's program includes reducing national debt while increasing old age pensions and reducing the retirement age.[23] Some of the more concrete proposals include restrictions on foreign investment, including a total ban on purchases of real estate by foreign nationals[23] and nationalization of certain companies.[24]

The party also wants to restore the death penalty,[24] criminalize "sexual deviation", including homosexuality,[24] abolish registered partnership, reduce rights of criminal defendants[24] and in some cases create new crimes with a retroactive effect.[24] Some of the most controversial proposals include marking of ethnicity in ID cards[25] and giving the police discretion to treat the arrested person inhumanly.[24]

In international affairs, the party opposes NATO and the European Union, and demands that the Czech Republic leave those organizations.[25] The party is strongly anti-American and seems to be pro-Russian,[26] going as far as stating that the Czech Republic must "immediately and strongly restore its relations with Russia"[27] Concerning other matters in international affairs, the chairman of the party arbitration commission congratulated Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran after his victory in the 2009 presidential election.[28]

## Election results

### European Parliament

Year  | # of total votes  | Vote %  | Seats

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2014  | 7,902  | 0.52  | 0
2019  | 4,363  | 0.18  | 0

### Czech legislative election

Year  | # of total votes  | Vote %  | Seats

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2010  | 59,888  | 1.14 (10) | 0
2013  | 42,906  | 0.86 (12) | 0
2017  | 10,402  | 0.20 (16)  | 0

## References

1. ↑ "DSSS obnovila činnost svých stranických hlídek". https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/domaci/1336935-dsss-obnovila-cinnost-svych-stranickych-hlidek.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Mareš, Miroslav (2012). "Right-Wing Extremism in the Czech Republic". https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id-moe/09347.pdf.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lochmannová, Alena; Kolář, Ondřej (2021). Extremism Behind Bars. Pilsen: Západočeská univerzita. p. 83. ISBN 9788026110248.
4. ↑ Cameron, Rob (4 May 2017). "Photo of Czech girl Scout standing up to skinhead goes viral". BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39804471.
5. ↑ Bardovic, Jaroslav; Mihalik, Jakub (2019). Migration: The Challenge of European States. Stuttgart: ibidem. p. 138. ISBN 9783838213446.
6. ↑ Rosenfeld, Alvin H. (2019). Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism: The Dynamics of Delegitimization. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 425. ISBN 9780253038722.
7. ↑ Lansford, Tom (2015). Political Handbook of the World 2015. New York City: CQ Press. ISBN 9781483371559. "Originally formed as the Worker's Party, a far-right grouping led by Tomaše VANDASE"
8. ↑ Deland, Mats; Minkenberg, Michael; Mays, Christin (2014). In the Tracks of Breivik: Far Right Networks in Northern and Eastern Europe. Münster: LIT Verlag. p. 79. ISBN 9783643905420.
9. ↑ [1]. Workers' Party election candidates and Nazi symbols (only in Czech, with photographs)
10. ↑ [2]. Workers' Party has been taken over by neo-Nazis (only in Czech)
11. ↑ [3]. Supreme administrative court judgment, 4.3.2009 (only in Czech)
12. ↑ [4]. Top court rejects government's petition to ban extremist Workers' Party
13. ↑ [5]. (only in Czech)
14. ↑ [6]. Czech Police arrested extremist leaders over Vítkov arson
15. ↑ "Soud zrušil Dělnickou stranu. Chtěla rozvrátit stát - Aktuálně.cz". 17 February 2010. http://aktualne.centrum.cz/domaci/soudy-a-pravo/clanek.phtml?id=660985.
16. ↑ "Zakázaná Dělnická strana půjde do voleb, jen pod jinou hlavičkou - Domov". 20 February 2010. https://www.lidovky.cz/zakazana-delnicka-strana-pujde-do-voleb-jen-pod-jinou-hlavickou-pvr-/zpravy-domov.aspx?c=A100220_101839_ln_domov_mk.
17. ↑ [7]. Litvinov has seen a rough fight with the extremists, 15 injured. (only in Czech)
18. ↑ [8]. Journalist injured while covering rally
19. ↑ [9]. Saturday in Tabor: both gays and extremists (only in Czech)
20. ↑ [10]. Speech of the party chairman, November 17, 2009 (only in Czech)
21. ↑ [11]. Workers news: "Let's clean up our own country". (Official party newspaper, only in Czech)
22. ↑ [12]. Workers news: "Vandas: The post-November regime has discredited itself". (Official party newspaper, only in Czech)
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 [13]. Party program, article III
24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 24.5 [14]. Party program, article II
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 [15]. Party program, article I
26. ↑ [16]. Workers news: "Nobody really wants a change?" (Official party newspaper, only in Czech)
27. ↑ [17]. Workers news: "Confession of a patriot and a good son of the Homeland" (Official party newspaper, only in Czech)
28. ↑ [18]. Workers news: "Who do you want to lecture?" (Official party newspaper, only in Czech)

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