Workers' United Front Explained

Workers' United Front
Native Name:Töörahva Ühine Väerind
Foundation:1923
Dissolved:1926
Successor:Workers' United Front
Ideology:Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Position:Far-left
Colours: Red
Country:Estonia

The Workers' United Front (Estonian: Töörahva Ühine Väerind) was a political party in Estonia.

History

The party was a front for the Communist Party, which had used umbrella organisations to participate in politics since being banned in 1918.[1] In the 1923 elections the party won 10 seats,[2] an increase on the five won by the Communists in the 1920 elections running under the guise of the Central Committee of Tallinn Trade Unions.[2]

For the 1926 elections the Communists ran as the Estonian Workers' Party.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.estonica.org/en/Communist_subversion_against_the_state_in_the_Republic_of_Estonia_in_the_nineteen-twenties_and_thirties/ Communist subversion against the state in the Republic of Estonia in the nineteen-twenties and thirties
  2. [Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]