Workers' Communist Party of Tunisia (PCOT) founded underground

Founded in 1986 as the Tunisian Workers' Communist Party (PCOT), the Marxist-Leninist party operated clandestinely through the Bourguiba and Ben Ali eras, its leader Hamma Hammami repeatedly imprisoned and tortured. Legalized only after the 2011 revolution, it dropped "communist" from its name in July 2012 to become the Workers' Party.

Referenced entities

Parties

Tunisian Workers Party

Sources

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Workers' Communist Party of Tunisia (PCOT) founded underground [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/261c21b5-3767-4d0c-939a-8e914e3f34e1

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Workers' Communist Party of Tunisia (PCOT) founded underground." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/261c21b5-3767-4d0c-939a-8e914e3f34e1.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-261c21b5-3767-4d0c-939a-8e914e3f34e1,
  title     = {{Workers' Communist Party of Tunisia (PCOT) founded underground}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/261c21b5-3767-4d0c-939a-8e914e3f34e1},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 1986-01-01. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 1986-01-01. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.