Revolutionary Marxist Workers Party Explained

The Revolutionary Marxist Workers Party (Spanish; Castilian: Partido Obrero Marxista Revolucionario) was a Trotskyist political party in Peru that was founded in 1970 by a dissident fraction of Vanguardia Revolucionaria. It was led by Ricardo Napurí and Jorge Villarán. Napurí was the general secretary of POMR.

Internationally, POMR was an affiliate of CORQI.^[1]

POMR contested the 1980 general election on the lists of the Workers Revolutionary Party (PRT). Napurí was elected senator.^[2]

On March 7, 1982, the majority faction of POMR merged with the Socialist Workers Party.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Alexander, Robert J. International Trotskyism, 1929-1985: A Documented Analysis of the Movement. Durham: Duke University Press, 1991. p. 634
2. Ameringer, Charles D. Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies. The Greenwood historical encyclopedia of the world's political parties. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1992. p. 517