Self-Defence Rebirth
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Self-Defence Rebirth (Polish: Samoobrona Odrodzenie, SO) is a Polish political party founded by the former Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland activists. The party was founded by the former lawyer of Andrzej Lepper, Henryk Dzido, who split off from the main Self-Defence party following numerous scandals and the electoral collapse of Samoobrona.[2] Self-Defence Rebirth was also created over concerns that Samoobrona might form a coalition with the right-wing League of Polish Families.[9] Zbigniew Witaszek is one of the key activists of the new party.[2] The party describes itself as Catholic socialist, agrarian socialist, Soft Eurosceptic and left-wing.[2][10]
Self-Defence Rebirth Samoobrona Odrodzenie | |
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Abbreviation | SO |
Leader | Sławomir Izdebski[1] |
Founder | Henryk Dzido[2] |
Founded | 23 June 2007 |
Split from | SRP |
Preceded by | SRS |
Headquarters | ul. Polna 3A lok. 14, 00-622 Warszawa |
Membership (2018) | 7000[3] |
Ideology | Agrarian socialism[4] Catholic socialism[5] Catholic left[6] Laborism[7] |
Political position | Left-wing[2] |
Religion | Roman Catholic[6] |
Colours | Blue |
Slogan | "Family, nation, faith"[8] Polish: Rodzina, naród, wiara |
Sejm | 0 / 460
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Senate | 0 / 100
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European Parliament | 0 / 51
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Regional assemblies | 0 / 552
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City presidents | 0 / 117
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Website | |
http://samoobrona.mazowsze.pl | |
The main goal of Self-Defence Rebirth to unite all movements that have distanced themselves from Lepper's party but are still based on the Samoobrona party. According to its founder Henryk Dzido, Self-Defence Rebirth is strictly left-wing and aspired to follow the original program of the Samoobrona movement from the 1990s. The party is concerned by the rise of right-wing movements in Poland such as the League of Polish Families.[2] The party also focuses on promoting agrarian and rural interests, with the current leader of the party, Sławomir Izdebski, being a prominent member of a rural national trade union center All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions.[11]