Workers' Party

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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

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!Country

!Party

!Political orientation

|Workers' Party

|Workers' Party

|Australian Workers Party

|Social democracy

|Workers Party of Bangladesh

|Marxist–Leninist

|Workers' Party of Belgium

|Workers' Party

|Social democracy

|Unified Socialist Workers' Party

|Party of Worker's Cause

|Workers' Party

|Workers' Party of Social Justice

|Workers Democratic Party

|Social democracy

|Workers' Party of Ecuador

|Workers' Party of Finland

|Workers' Party (France, 2015)

|Workers' Party

|Hungarian Workers' Party

|Marxist–Leninist

India (Maharashtra state)

|Peasants and Workers Party of India

India (West Bengal state)

|Workers Party of India

Ireland {{small|(incl. Northern Ireland)}}

|Workers' Party

|Marxist–Leninist

|Workers Party of Jamaica

|Marxist–Leninist

|Workers' Party

|Nepal Workers Peasants Party

|Workers' Party of Korea

|Workers' Party

|Trotskyist

|Workers' Party

|Social democracy

|Workers' Party

Sweden (Västerbotten County)

|Workers' Party

| Workers' Party of Turkey

|Marxist–Leninist

|Workers Revolutionary Party

|Workers Party of Britain

|Workers Party (United States)

|Marxist–Leninist

|South Carolina Workers Party

|Labor rights

United States

|Workers Party of Massachusetts

|Socialist

United States

|West Virginia Mountain Party

Uruguay

|Workers' Party

|Trotskyist

Defunct Workers' Parties

Defunct Workers' parties include:

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!Country

!Party

!Political orientation

!Reason defunct

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|Workers' Party

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|Workers Party of Barbados

|Defunct due to unpopularity

|Worker's and Peasant's Bloc

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|1937–1930.

|Work's National Union

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|1945–1948.

|Nationalist Workers' Party

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|1989.

|Nationalist Brazilian Workers' Party

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|1989–1992.
Merged into Labour Party of Brazil.

|General Workers' Party

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|1995–2003.
Merged into Liberal Party.

|Workers' Party of Kampuchea (1960–1966)

|Renamed to Communist Party of Kampuchea in 1966. Dissolved in 1981.

|Workers' Party of Canada (1922–1924)

|Communist

|Legal face of the illegal Communist Party until the government's ban was lifted.

|Workers' Party of Canada (1934–1937)

|Dissolved upon entry into the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Reformed in 1939 as the Socialist Workers League.

|Revolutionary Workers Party (1946–1952)

|Entered the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.

|Croatian Workers Party (1906–1918)

Left-wing populist

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|Workers' Party

|National Socialist

|Banned in 2010 by the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic

|Estonian Workers' Party

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|Workers' Party of Ethiopia

|Marxist–Leninist

|Overthrown in 1991

|Socialist Workers' Party of Finland

|Marxist

|Banned in 1923

|Workers' Party (France, 1991–2008)

|Trotskyist

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|German Workers' Party

|Nationalist

|Renamed the National Socialist German Workers' Party in 1920

Germany

|National Socialist German Workers' Party

|National Socialist

|Dissolved and banned in 1945

Germany

|Workers' Party of Germany

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|Hungarian Workers' Party

|National Socialist

|Dissolved and regrouped

|Irish Workers' Party

|Communist

|Merged with the Communist Party of Northern Ireland to reconstitute the all-Ireland Communist Party of Ireland in 1962

|Workers Party of Eretz Israel (Mapai)

Merged into the Israeli Labor Party

|United Workers Party (Mapam)

|Labor Zionism

Merged into Meretz

|Workers of Agudat Yisrael

|Haredi Judaism

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|Workers' Party of North Korea
Workers' Party of South Korea

|Communist
Communist

|Merged to form the Workers' Party of Korea in 1949

|Workers' Party

|Left-wing politics

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|Mexican Workers' Party

|Social democratic

|Merged with the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico to form the Mexican Socialist Party in 1987

|Workers Party of New Zealand

|Marxist

|Renamed to Fightback in 2013

North Macedonia

|Left-wing politics

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|Polish Workers' Party

|Communist

|Merged to form the Polish United Workers' Party in 1948

|Polish United Workers' Party

|Marxist–Leninist

|Self-dissolved in 1990

|Zionist Workers Party

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|Romanian Workers' Party

|Communist

|Renamed the Romanian Communist Party in 1965

|Workers Party of South Africa

|Trotskyist

|Banned in 1953

|Workers' Party of Marxist Unification

|Marxist

|Dissolved in 1980

Trinidad and Tobago

|Workers and Farmers Party

|Marxist

|Defunct due to unpopularity

Trinidad and Tobago

|British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party

|Popularly known as the Butler Party, defunct due to unpopularity

Trinidad and Tobago

|Progressive Workers Democrat Movement

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|Defunct due to unpopularity

|Workers' Party

|Scientific socialist

|Renamed the Patriotic Party in 2015

|International Leninist Workers Party

|Marxist–Leninist

|Dissolved into the Socialist Labour Party in 1996

United Kingdom

|Workers Party of Scotland

|Marxist–Leninist

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|Democratic Workers Party

|Marxist–Leninist

|Dissolved in 1986

United States

|Renamed the Independent Socialist League in 1949

United States

|American Workers Party

|Merged into Workers Party of the United States

United States

|Workers Party of America

|Marxist–Leninist

|Became Communist Party USA in 1929.

United States

|Workers Party of the United States

|Trotskyist

|Absorbed into the Socialist Party of America in 1936

See also

National Trust Party (Malaysia), formerly known as the Malaysian Workers' Party
List of Labour parties
Communist party (disambiguation)
National Workers Party (disambiguation)
Socialist Workers Party (disambiguation)
United Workers' Party (disambiguation)
Lists of political parties

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Category:Labour movement

Category:Lists of political parties