Tunisian political parties: The case of Tunisian Communist Workers Party

This party is very involved among workers and students in Tunisia and has been very involved in the uprising (it is too early to refer to what is happening as a Revolution--that depends on the outcome).  The party is very courageous on matters of gender and about secularism (although it refers to it by the French word in order to avoid association between the standards Arabic word and atheism).   When Bin `Ali came to power, he issued a "national" document for all parties in Tunisia to sign.  To its credit, it was the only party that did not sign (even some underground parties signed).   It is fiercely anti-Israel and calls for the liberation of all of Palestine.  I can quibble with the party's ideology: it sticks to a Stalinist version of Marxism-Leninism and has historically been attached to Enver Hoxa's version of communism.  The party criticized Al-Manar's TV coverage of the last Bin `Ali's election (because it was not critical and features henchmen of the regime).  (Although Hizbullah issued a strong statement in support of the Tunisian uprising and Hasan Nasrallah is praising the Tunisian uprising as I write those words).   This is its official website where you can read more about them.