Communist Workers Party (Japan) Explained

Communist Workers Party
Native Name:共産主義労働者党
Native Name Lang:ja
Colorcode:
  1. EE0000
Leader1 Title:Founders
Leader1 Name:Tomochika Naito
Masumi Shirakawa
Momo Ida
Ideology:Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Position:Far-left
Newspaper:Toitsu
Student Wing:Proletarian Student Alliance
Youth Wing:Proletarian Youth Alliance
Country:Japan

The Communist Workers Party (Japanese: 共産主義労働者党) was a pro-Soviet communist party in Japan. It was founded in November 1966 and split into three factions in December 1971. The party published the newspaper Toitsu between February 1967 and December 1971.[1]

The youth wing of the party was the Proletarian Youth League and its student branch was the Proletarian Student League.

Notes and References

  1. Tōkyō Daigaku. Annals of the Institute of Social Science. Tokyo, Japan: The Institute, University of Tōkyō, 1966. p. 109