People's Socialist Party

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PEOPLE'S SOCIALIST PARTY

yemeni political party.

Founded in 1962 by the Aden Trades Union Congress, the People's Socialist party (PSP) was led by Abdullah al-Asnaj (later an important participant in the politics of North Yemen as well). Modeling itself on the Labour Party, it supported political means to accomplish its goals of British withdrawal, independence, and union with North Yemen. Its unwillingness to use political violence to accomplish these objectives resulted in a loss of influence to the rival National Front.


Bibliography


Dresch, Paul. A History of Modern Yemen. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Halliday, Fred. Revolution and Foreign Policy: The Case of South Yemen. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Wenner, Manfred. The Yemen Arab Republic: Development and Change in an Ancient Land. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1991.

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