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One of the founding members of the party, Fathy Ghareeb, died by suffocation provoked by the [[tear gas]] fired by the Central Security Forces (CSF) during the November 2012 Tahrir square clashes.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Socialist Alliance holds slain protester's funeral in Egypt's Tahrir|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/0/59358/Egypt/0/Socialist-Alliance-holds-slain-protesters-funeral-.aspx|agency=Ahram Online|date=28 November 2012|accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref>
 
AlsoA another32 oneyear old member of it'sthe membersparty named Shaima al-Sabbagh, 32, was shot in the head and killed by police in Cairo on January24 24thJanuary 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Innocent protester holding flowers killed on eve of egypt uprising|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2924709/Shocking-moment-female-socialist-activist-gunned-police-demonstrations-4th-anniversary-Arab-Spring-ousted-Hosni-Mubarak.html|agency=Daily Mail Online|date=25 January 2015|accessdate=25 January 2015}}</ref>
 
In November of 2013, hundreds of members attempted to resign from the party over party elections as well as a lack of separation from the policies of the state; however, the resignations were rejected by party head Abdel Ghafar Shokr.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/11/09/social-popular-alliance-party-shaken-by-304-resignations/|title=Social Popular Alliance Party shaken by 304 resignations|publisher=Daily News Egypt|date=9 November 2013|accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref> The former members created the [[Bread and Freedom Party]] in late November of 2013.<ref name=ao25nov>{{cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/87434.aspx|title=New socialist party launched in Egypt|publisher=Ahram Online|date=25 November 2013|accessdate=16 December 2013}}</ref>