The MSJ party was part of the People's Partnership alliance for the 2010 general elections, but did not contest under its own name and has since parted ways with the PP."Then there were four" , Breaking News Trinidad and Tobago, 21 May 2012.Cecily Asson, "MSJ Out Partnership", Newsday, 18 June 2012."Trinidad’s Movement for Social Justice Leaves Coalition Government", Caribbean Journal, 18 June 2012.John Spence, "A movement for social justice", Trinidad Express newspapers, 26 July 2012. The party held its Founding Congress on May 14, 2011.
