Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan
Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan | |
|---|---|
| Kazakh name | Қазақстанның Социалистік Қозғалысы |
| Russian name | Социалистическое Движение Казахстана |
| Chairperson(s) | Ainur Kurmanov |
| Founded | 20–21 May 2006 (as Socialist Resistance) 7 May 2011 (renamed Socialist Movement) |
| Headquarters | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Newspaper | Социалист ("Socialist") |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | |
| Colours | Red |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| socialismkz | |
The Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan, previously known as the Socialist Resistance of Kazakhstan from 2006 to 2011, is a banned communist political organisation in Kazakhstan. It is active in a number of cities but operates primarily in Almaty.
Originally the Kazakhstani section of the Trotskyist Committee for a Workers' International (CWI), the organisation has since moved away from Trotskyism and now participates in the Marxist–Leninist International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties (IMCWP).
Prominent members of the Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan include Ainur Kurmanov and Esenbek Ukteshbayev, leaders of the independent Kazakhstani trade union Zhanartu who are currently living in exile. Along with other members of the Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan, both have faced arbitrary detention by authorities and assassination attempts while living in Kazakhstan.