Workers' Party (Czech Republic)

{{Short description|Former political party}}

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{{Infobox political party

| country = the Czech Republic

| name = Workers' Party

| native_name = Dělnická strana

| logo = Dělnická strana logo.png

| leader = Tomáš Vandas

| leader1_title = Chairman

| foundation = {{start date|2003|01|18|df=y}}

| colorcode = black

| banned = {{start date|2010|02|17|df=y}}{{cite web|url=http://www.antifa.cz/content/dsss-novy-nazev-stare-tvare|title=DSSS New name, Old Agenda}}

| split = Republicans of
Miroslav Sládek

| successor = Workers' Party of
Social Justice

| ideology = {{Nowrap|Neo-Nazism
Czech nationalism
Anti-Romanyism
Anti-immigration
Anti-communism}}

| position = Far right

}}

The Workers' Party ({{langx|cs|Dělnická strana}}) was a Czech far-right, extremist, and neo-Nazi{{cite news|url=https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/czech-neo-nazis-dissolved|title=Czech neo-Nazi party dissolved by Supreme court|date=19 February 2010|work=expats.cz}} political party, founded by Tomáš Vandas in 2003. In 2010, it was banned, making it the first instance of a political party being abolished for its ideology in the modern history of Czechia.{{cite web|url=http://aktualne.centrum.cz/domaci/soudy-a-pravo/clanek.phtml?id=660985|title=Soud zrušil Dělnickou stranu. Chtěla rozvrátit stát – Aktuálně.cz|date=17 February 2010}} Its representatives, including Vandas, subsequently shifted their membership to the Workers' Party of Social Justice ({{langx|cs|Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti}}), founded in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://www.lidovky.cz/zakazana-delnicka-strana-pujde-do-voleb-jen-pod-jinou-hlavickou-pvr-/zpravy-domov.aspx?c=A100220_101839_ln_domov_mk|title=Zakázaná Dělnická strana půjde do voleb, jen pod jinou hlavičkou – Domov|date=20 February 2010|website=Lidovky.cz}}

The decision of the Supreme Administrative Court is a very important message for the entire Czech society. It is a message stating that the Czech Republic does not tolerate extremism. – Martin Pecina, Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic{{Cite web |title=Czech court dissolves the Workers' Party – Ministry of the interior of the Czech Republic |url=https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/czech-court-dissolves-the-workers-party.aspx |access-date=8 October 2024 |website=mvcr.cz |language=cs}}