Workers' Party

Workers' Party is a name used by a number of political parties throughout the world. While the name has been used by both left-wing and right-wing organizations, it is currently used by left-wing followers of Communism, Maoism, Marxism, Marxism-Leninism, Social Democracy, Socialism and Trotskyism.

Current Workers' Parties

Current Workers' Parties include:

Country	Party	Political orientation
Algeria	Workers' Party	Trotskyist
Argentina	Workers' Party	Trotskyist
Bangladesh	Workers Party of Bangladesh	Communist
Barbados	Workers Party of Barbados	Marxist
Belgium	Workers Party of Belgium	Marxist
Brazil	Workers' Party	Social democratic
Czech Republic	Workers' Party of Social Justice	National Socialism
Egypt	Workers Democratic Party	Social democratic
Ecuador	Workers' Party of Ecuador	Communist
France	Workers' Party	Trotskyist
Finland	Workers Party of Finland	Marxist-Leninist
Guinea-Bissau	Workers' Party	Socialist
India (Maharashtra state)	Peasants and Workers Party of India	Marxist
India (West Bengal state)	Workers Party of India	Communist
Ireland	Workers' Party of Ireland	Marxist
New Zealand	Workers Party of New Zealand	Marxist
North Korea	Workers' Party of Korea	Communist
Paraguay	Workers' Party
Singapore	Workers' Party of Singapore	Social democratic
Spain	Workers' Party	Communist
Sweden (Västerbotten County)	Workers' Party	Trotskyist
Turkey	Workers' Party	Left-wing nationalism
United States	Workers Party	Marxist-Leninist

Defunct Workers' Parties

Defunct Workers' parties include:

Country	Party	Political orientation	Reason defunct
Croatia	Croatian workers party (1906-1918)
Czech Republic	Workers' Party	Nationalist	Banned in 2010
Finland	Workers' Party of Finland	Marxist	Banned in 1923
Germany	German Workers' Party	Nationalist	Renamed the National Socialist German Workers' Party in 1920
Germany	National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi)	"National-Socialist"/Fascist	Dissolved and banned in 1945
Ireland	Irish Workers Party	Communist	Merged with the Communist Party of Northern Ireland to reconstitute the all-Ireland Communist Party of Ireland in 1962
Israel	Workers Party of Eretz Israel		Merged into the Israeli Labour Party
Israel	United Workers Party		Merged into Meretz
Macedonia	Workers Party
Mexico	Mexican Workers' Party	Social democratic	Merged with the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico to form the Mexican Socialist Party in 1987
North Korea	Workers' Party of North Korea	Communist	Merged to form the Workers' Party of Korea in 1949
Poland	Polish Workers' Party	Communist	Merged to form the Polish United Workers' Party in 1948
Poland	Polish United Workers' Party	Marxist-Leninist	Self-dissolved in 1990
Romania	Romanian Workers' Party	Communist	Renamed the Romanian Communist Party in 1948
South Africa	Workers Party of South Africa	Trotskyist	Banned in 1953
Spain	Workers' Party of Marxist Unification	Trotskyist	Suppressed by Stalinists during the Spanish Civil War in 1937
United Kingdom	International Leninist Workers Party	Marxist-Leninist	Dissolved into the Socialist Labour Party in 1996
United Kingdom	Workers Party of Scotland	Marxist-Leninist
United States	Democratic Workers Party	Marxist-Leninist	Dissolved in 1986
United States	Workers Party	Trotskyist	Renamed the Independent Socialist League in 1949
United States	Workers' Party (Third International)
United States	Workers' Party of the United States	Trotskyist	Dissolved into the Socialist Party of America in 1936

See also

• List of Labour Parties
• Communist Workers Party
• National Workers Party (disambiguation)
• Socialist Workers Party
• United Workers' Party (disambiguation)
• Workers' Communist Party
• Left-wing political parties
• List of political parties