The Bread and Freedom Party (Arabic: حزب العيش والحرية; Hizb AlEish WaAlHorria), also translated as the Bread and Liberty Party,[3] is a democratic socialist party in Egypt created by former members of the Socialist Popular Alliance Party.
[5] 280 members from the Socialist Popular Alliance Party gave their resignations in early November 2013, though the resignations were rejected by Abdel Ghafar Shukr, the head of the party.
[6] The Daily News Egypt site gives the number of resigning members as 304.
[7] The resigning members criticized their former party for aligning itself with the military during the transitional period and defending the actions of the police.
[7] The policies of the Bread and Freedom Party include wealth redistribution and development.