Party of the Workers
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The Party of the Workers (Parti des Travailleurs or PT), is a French Trotskyist party. It was formed by the Trotskyist Internationalist Communist Party (PCI) led by Pierre Boussel, better known under his pseudonym Pierre Lambert (many Trotskyists adopt pseudonyms, and the internal workings of the PT have traditionally been concealed from outsiders).
Within the PT the former PCI is now known as the Internationalist Communist Current. In reality despite including communist, socialist and anarcho-syndicalist tendencies the PT is generally believed to be little more than a front for the Trotskyist PCI.
Its national secretary is Daniel Gluckstein (pseudonym: Seldjouk), who got less than 0.5% in the 2002 French presidential election.
The PT edits a magazine called Informations Ouvrières (Workers' News).
The PT is known for practicing entrism in other left-wing political parties and trade unions, especially in Force Ouvrière.
