Workers' Party Explained

Workers' Party is a name used by several political parties throughout the world. The name has been used by both organisations on the left and right of the political spectrum. It is currently used by followers of Marxism, Marxism–Leninism, Maoism, social democracy, democratic socialism, socialism and Trotskyism.

Current Workers' Parties

!Country!Party!Political orientation
AlgeriaWorkers' PartyTrotskyist
ArgentinaWorkers' PartyTrotskyist
AustraliaAustralian Workers PartySocial democracy
BangladeshWorkers Party of BangladeshMarxist–Leninist
BelgiumWorkers' Party of BelgiumMarxist
BrazilWorkers' PartySocial democracy
BrazilUnified Socialist Workers' PartyTrotskyist
BrazilParty of Worker's CauseTrotskyist
Costa RicaWorkers' PartyTrotskyist
Czech RepublicWorkers' Party of Social JusticeNeo-Nazism
EgyptWorkers Democratic PartySocial democracy
EcuadorWorkers' Party of EcuadorCommunist
FinlandWorkers' Party of FinlandSocialist
FranceWorkers' Party (France, 2015)Communist
Guinea-BissauWorkers' PartySocialist
HungaryHungarian Workers' PartyMarxist–Leninist
India (Maharashtra state)Peasants and Workers Party of IndiaMarxist
India (West Bengal state)Workers Party of IndiaCommunist
Workers' PartyMarxist–Leninist
JamaicaWorkers Party of JamaicaMarxist–Leninist
MontenegroWorkers' PartyLabour rights
NepalNepal Workers Peasants PartyJuche
North KoreaWorkers' Party of KoreaJuche
ParaguayWorkers' PartyTrotskyist
SingaporeWorkers' PartySocial democracy
SpainWorkers' PartyCommunist
Sweden (Västerbotten County)Workers' PartyTrotskyist
TurkeyWorkers' Party of TurkeyMarxist–Leninist
United KingdomWorkers Revolutionary PartyTrotskyist
United KingdomWorkers Party of BritainSocialist
United StatesWorkers Party, USAMarxist–Leninist
United StatesSouth Carolina Workers PartyLabor rights
United StatesWorkers Party of MassachusettsSocialist
UruguayWorkers' PartyTrotskyist

Defunct Workers' Parties

Defunct Workers' parties include:

CountryPartyPolitical orientationReason defunct
AustraliaWorkers PartyLibertarian
BahamasWorkers' Party
BarbadosWorkers Party of BarbadosMarxistDefunct due to unpopularity
BrazilWorker's and Peasant's Bloc1937–1930.
BrazilWork's National Union1945–1948.
BrazilNationalist Workers' Party1989.
BrazilNationalist Brazilian Workers' Party1989–1992.
Merged into Labour Party of Brazil.
BrazilGeneral Workers' Party1995–2003.
Merged into Liberal Party.
CambodiaWorkers' Party of Kampuchea (1960–1966) CommunistRenamed to Communist Party of Kampuchea in 1966. Dissolved in 1981.
CanadaWorkers' Party of Canada (1922-1924)CommunistLegal face of the illegal Communist Party until the government's ban was lifted.
CanadaWorkers' Party of Canada (1934-1937)TrotskyistDissolved upon entry into the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Reformed in 1939 as the Socialist Workers League.
CanadaRevolutionary Workers Party (1946-1952)TrotskyistEntered the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.
CroatiaCroatian Workers Party (1906-1918)Left-wing populist
Czech RepublicWorkers' PartyNational SocialistBanned in 2010 by the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic
EstoniaEstonian Workers' PartyCommunist
EthiopiaWorkers' Party of EthiopiaMarxist–LeninistOverthrown in 1991
FinlandSocialist Workers' Party of FinlandMarxistBanned in 1923
FranceWorkers' Party (France, 1991–2008)Trotskyist
GermanyGerman Workers' PartyNationalistRenamed the National Socialist German Workers' Party in 1920
GermanyNational Socialist German Workers' PartyNational SocialistDissolved and banned in 1945
GermanyWorkers' Party of GermanyJuche
HungaryHungarian Workers' PartyNational SocialistDissolved and regrouped
IrelandIrish Workers' PartyCommunistMerged with the Communist Party of Northern Ireland to reconstitute the all-Ireland Communist Party of Ireland in 1962
IsraelWorkers Party of Eretz Israel (Mapai)Labor ZionismMerged into the Israeli Labor Party
IsraelUnited Workers Party (Mapam)Labor ZionismMerged into Meretz
IsraelWorkers of Agudat YisraelHaredi Judaism
KoreaWorkers' Party of North Korea
Workers' Party of South Korea		Communist
Communist		Merged to form the Workers' Party of Korea in 1949
LatviaWorkers' PartyLeft-wing politics
MexicoSocial democraticMerged with the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico to form the Mexican Socialist Party in 1987
New ZealandWorkers Party of New ZealandMarxistRenamed to Fightback in 2013
North MacedoniaWorkers PartyLeft-wing politics
PolandPolish Workers' PartyCommunistMerged to form the Polish United Workers' Party in 1948
PolandPolish United Workers' PartyMarxist–LeninistSelf-dissolved in 1990
PolandZionist Workers Party
RomaniaCommunistRenamed the Romanian Communist Party in 1965
South AfricaWorkers Party of South AfricaTrotskyistBanned in 1953
SpainWorkers' Party of Marxist UnificationMarxistDissolved in 1980
Trinidad and TobagoWorkers and Farmers PartyMarxistDefunct due to unpopularity
Trinidad and TobagoBritish Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule PartyGarveyismPopularly known as the Butler Party, defunct due to unpopularity
Trinidad and TobagoProgressive Workers Democrat MovementDefunct due to unpopularity
TurkeyWorkers' PartyScientific socialistRenamed the Patriotic Party in 2015
United KingdomInternational Leninist Workers PartyMarxist–LeninistDissolved into the Socialist Labour Party in 1996
United KingdomMarxist–Leninist
United StatesDemocratic Workers PartyMarxist–LeninistDissolved in 1986
United StatesWorkers PartyTrotskyistRenamed the Independent Socialist League in 1949
United StatesAmerican Workers PartyMusteiteMerged into Workers Party of the United States
United StatesWorkers Party of AmericaMarxist–LeninistBecame Communist Party USA in 1929.
United StatesWorkers Party of the United StatesTrotskyistAbsorbed into the Socialist Party of America in 1936

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