Democratic and Social Movement (Arabic: الحركة الديمقراطية والاجتماعية‎‎, French: Mouvement Démocratique et Social) is a political party in Algeria that was founded in 1966. It was founded in 1966 as Socialist Vanguard Party (French: Parti de l'Avant-Garde Socialiste, or: PAGS) by Bachir Hadj Ali. Although not legally recognized, it persisted as a political opposition party throughout the single-party period in Algeria. As an outgrowth of the Algerian Communist Party (Parti Communiste Algérien), which disappeared soon after Algerian independence, the PAGS has consistently opposed the government, offering sharp criticism of all political leaders and most of their programs. Its members, referred to as "Pagsistes", had infiltrated almost every legally recognized mass association despite their