Political parties

[Karl Marx's Camel]

What are the oldest political parties? And which is the oldest in history?

The political party is a bourgeois invention, correct..?

[KC]

Was it the Chartists? I think there were like one or two older than them, but I don't remember.

[Whitten]

Originally posted by Zampanò@April 28, 2007 05:37 am
Was it the Chartists? I think there were like one or two older than them, but I don't remember.
Nah, pllenty of parties had been around before then.

[Demogorgon]

Originally posted by [email protected] 27, 2007 10:11 pm
What are the oldest political parties? And which is the oldest in history?

The political party is a bourgeois invention, correct..?
It depends what you mean. Organised political parties probably emerged in the eighteenth or nineteenth century. But you had identified political factions in ancient Rome after all.

[Luís Henrique]

As far as I know, the oldest political party still in existence are the Carlistas from Spain. A far-right party that used to speak for the petty nobility, often agitating "feudal socialist" ideas.

They don't look like they will last for long, though. The party seems to be loosing support and substance.

Here their webpage: Partido Carlista (http://www.partidocarlista.com/)

Luís Henrique

[Janus]

The oldest active political party today is the Democratic Party (US).

[Demogorgon]

Originally posted by [email protected] 30, 2007 11:55 pm
The oldest active political party today is the Democratic Party (US).
You can trace the Conservative party here back further than that I think. THough they did change their name and structure so perhaps they can't be seen as continuous as the Democratic Party.