Workers' Party
Workers' Party is a name used by a number of 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 democractic, Marxism, Marxism-Leninism, Maoism, social democracy, democratic socialism, socialism and Trotskyism.
Current Workers' Parties
Defunct Workers' Parties
Defunct Workers' parties include:
| Country | Party | Political orientation | Reason defunct | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | Workers Party | Libertarian | ||
| Bahamas | Workers' Party | |||
| Barbados | Workers Party of Barbados | Marxist | Defunct due to unpopularity | |
| Cambodia | Workers' Party of Kampuchea (1960–1966) | Communism | Renamed to Communist Party of Kampuchea in 1966. Dissolved in 1981. | |
| Canada | Workers' Party of Canada (1922-1924) | Communist | Legal face of the illegal Communist Party until the government's ban was lifted. | |
| Canada | Workers' Party of Canada (1934-1937) | Trotskyist | Dissolved upon entry into the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Reformed in 1939 as the Socialist Workers League. | |
| Canada | Revolutionary Workers Party (1946-1952) | Trotskyist | Entered the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. | |
| Croatia | Croatian Workers Party (1906-1918) | Left-wing populism | ||
| Czech Republic | Workers' Party | National Socialist | Banned in 2010 by the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic | |
| Estonia | Estonian Workers' Party | Communist | ||
| Ethiopia | Workers' Party of Ethiopia | Marxist-Leninist | Overthrown in 1991 | |
| Finland | Workers' Party of Finland | Marxist | Banned in 1923 | |
| France | Workers' Party | Trotskyist | ||
| Germany | 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 | |
| Hungary | Hungarian Workers' Party | National Socialist | Dissolved and regrouped | |
| 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 (Mapai) | Merged into the Israeli Labor Party | Labor Zionism | |
| Israel | United Workers Party (Mapam) | Merged into Meretz | Labor Zionism | |
| Israel | workers of Agudat Yisrael | Haredi Judaism | ||
| Korea | Workers' Party of North Korea Workers' Party of South Korea |
Communist Communist |
Merged to form the Workers' Party of Korea in 1949 | |
| Latvia | Workers' Party | Left-wing politics | ||
| Macedonia | Workers Party | Left-wing politics | ||
| Mexico | Mexican Workers' Party | Social democratic | Merged with the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico to form the Mexican Socialist Party in 1987 | |
| New Zealand | Workers Party of New Zealand | Marxist | Renamed to Fightback in 2013 | |
| 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 | |
| Poland | Zionist Workers Party | |||
| Romania | Romanian Workers' Party | Communist | Renamed the Romanian Communist Party in 1965 | |
| South Africa | Workers Party of South Africa | Trotskyist | Banned in 1953 | |
| Spain | Workers' Party of Marxist Unification | Marxist | Dissolved in 1980 | |
| Turkey | Workers' Party | Scientific socialist | Renamed the Patriotic Party in 2015 | |
| 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 | American Workers Party | Musteite | Merged into Workers' Party of the United States | |
| United States | Workers Party of America | Communist | Became Communist Party USA in 1929. | |
| United States | Workers' Party of the United States | Trotskyist | Absorbed into the Socialist Party of America in 1936 | |
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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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