Editing Workers' Party

{{Distinguish|Labor Party (disambiguation)}}
'''Workers' Party''' is a name used by several [[political party|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==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Country
!Party
!Political orientation
|-
|[[Algeria]]
|[[Workers' Party (Algeria)|Workers' Party]]
|[[Trotskyist]]
|-
|[[Argentina]]
|[[Workers' Party (Argentina)|Workers' Party]]
|[[Trotskyist]]
|-
|[[Australia]]
|[[Australian Workers Party]]
|[[Social democracy]]
|-
|[[Bangladesh]]
|[[Workers Party of Bangladesh]]
|[[Marxist–Leninist]]
|-
|[[Belgium]]
|[[Workers' Party of Belgium]]
|[[Marxist]]
|-
|[[Brazil]]
|[[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]]
|[[Social democracy]]
|-
|[[Brazil]]
|[[United Socialist Workers' Party (Brazil)|Unified Socialist Workers' Party]]
|[[Trotskyist]]
|-
|[[Brazil]]
|[[Workers' Cause Party|Party of Worker's Cause]]
|[[Trotskyist]]
|-
|[[Costa Rica]]
|[[Workers' Party (Costa Rica)|Workers' Party]]
|[[Trotskyist]]
|-
|[[Czech Republic]]
|[[Workers' Party of Social Justice]]
|[[Neo-Nazism]]
|-
|[[Egypt]]
|[[Workers Democratic Party]]
|[[Social democracy]]
|-
|[[Ecuador]]
|[[Workers' Party of Ecuador]]
|[[Communist]]
|-
|[[Finland]]
|[[Workers' Party of Finland]]
|[[Socialist]]
|-
|[[France]]
|[[Workers' Party (France, 2015)]]
|[[Communist]]
|-
|[[Guinea-Bissau]]
|[[Workers' Party (Guinea-Bissau)|Workers' Party]]
|[[Socialist]]
|-
|[[Hungary]]
|[[Hungarian Workers' Party]]
|[[Marxist–Leninist]]
|-
|[[India]] ([[Maharashtra]] state)
|[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]
|[[Marxist]]
|-
|[[India]] ([[West Bengal]] state)
|[[Workers Party of India]]
|[[Communist]]
|-
|[[Ireland]] {{small|(incl. [[Northern Ireland]])}}
|[[Workers' Party (Ireland)|Workers' Party]]
|[[Marxist–Leninist]]
|-
|[[Jamaica]]
|[[Workers Party of Jamaica]]
|[[Marxist–Leninist]]
|-
|[[Montenegro]]
|[[Workers' Party (Montenegro)|Workers' Party]]
|[[Labour rights]]
|-
|[[Nepal]]
|[[Nepal Workers Peasants Party]]
|[[Juche]]
|-
|[[North Korea]]
|[[Workers' Party of Korea]]
|[[Juche]]
|-
|[[Paraguay]]
|[[Workers' Party (Paraguay)|Workers' Party]]
|Trotskyist
|-
|[[Singapore]]
|[[Workers' Party (Singapore)|Workers' Party]]
|[[Social democracy]]
|-
|[[Spain]]
|[[Workers' Party (Spain)|Workers' Party]]
|[[Communist]]
|-
|[[Sweden]] ([[Västerbotten County]])
|[[Workers' Party (Sweden)|Workers' Party]]
|[[Trotskyist]]
|-
|[[Turkey]]
|[[Workers' Party of Turkey (2017) | Workers' Party of Turkey]]
|[[Marxist–Leninist]]
|-
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)|Workers Revolutionary Party]]
|[[Trotskyist]]
|-
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[Workers Party of Britain]]
|[[Socialist]]
|-
|[[United States]]
|[[Workers Party (United States)]]
|[[Marxist–Leninist]]
|-
|[[United States]]
|[[South Carolina Workers Party]]
|Labor rights
|-
|United States
|Workers Party of Massachusetts
|Socialist
|-
|United States
|[[West Virginia Mountain Party]]
| [[Ecosocialism]]
|-
|Uruguay
|Workers' Party
|Trotskyist
|}

==Defunct Workers' Parties==
Defunct Workers' parties include:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Country
!Party
!Political orientation
!Reason defunct
|-
|[[Australia]]
|[[Workers Party (Australia)|Workers Party]]
|[[Libertarianism|Libertarian]]
|
|-
|[[Bahamas]]
|[[Workers' Party (Bahamas)|Workers' Party]]
|
|
|-
|[[Barbados]]
|[[Workers Party of Barbados]]
|[[Marxism|Marxist]]
|Defunct due to unpopularity
|-
|[[Brazil]]
|Worker's and Peasant's Bloc
|
|1937–1930.
|-
|[[Brazil]]
|Work's National Union
|
|1945–1948.
|-
|[[Brazil]]
|Nationalist Workers' Party
|
|1989.
|-
|[[Brazil]]
|Nationalist Brazilian Workers' Party
|
|1989–1992.<br>Merged into [[Avante (political party)|Labour Party of Brazil]].
|-
|[[Brazil]]
|[[Workers' General Party|General Workers' Party]]
|
|1995–2003.<br>Merged into [[Liberal Party (Brazil, 1985)|Liberal Party]].
|-
|[[Cambodia]]
|[[Communist Party of Kampuchea|Workers' Party of Kampuchea]] (1960–1966) 
|[[Communism|Communist]]
|Renamed to Communist Party of Kampuchea in 1966. Dissolved in 1981. 
|- 
|[[Canada]]
|[[Communist Party of Canada|Workers' Party of Canada]] (1922–1924)
|Communist
|Legal face of the illegal Communist Party until the government's ban was lifted.
|-
|[[Canada]]
|[[League for Socialist Action|Workers' Party of Canada]] (1934–1937)
|[[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]]
|Dissolved upon [[entrism|entry]] into the [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]]. Reformed in 1939 as the Socialist Workers League.
|-
|[[Canada]]
|[[League for Socialist Action|Revolutionary Workers Party]] (1946–1952)
||[[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]]
|Entered the [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]]. 
|-
|[[Croatia]]
|[[Croatian Workers Party]] (1906–1918)
||[[Left-wing populism|Left-wing populist]]
|
|-
|[[Czech Republic]]
|[[Workers' Party (Czech Republic)|Workers' Party]]
|[[Nazism|National Socialist]]
|Banned in 2010 by the [[Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic]]
|-
|[[Estonia]]
|[[Estonian Workers' Party]]
|[[Communism|Communist]]
|
|-
|[[People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia|Ethiopia]]
|[[Workers' Party of Ethiopia]]
|[[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]]
|[[Workers' Party of Ethiopia#Demise|Overthrown]] in 1991
|-
|[[Finland]]
|[[Socialist Workers' Party of Finland]]
|Marxist
|Banned in 1923
|-
|[[France]]
|[[Workers' Party (France, 1991–2008)]]
|Trotskyist
|
|-
|[[Germany]]
|[[German Workers' Party]]
|Nationalist
|Renamed the [[National Socialist German Workers' Party]] in 1920
|-
|Germany
|[[National Socialist German Workers' Party]]
|[[Nazism|National Socialist]]
|Dissolved and banned in 1945
|-
|Germany
|[[Workers' Party of Germany]]
|[[Juche]]
|
|-
|[[Hungary]]
|[[Hungarian Workers' Party (defunct)|Hungarian Workers' Party]]
|[[Nazism|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]]
|[[Mapai|Workers Party of Eretz Israel (Mapai)]]
|[[Labor Zionism]]
||Merged into the [[Israeli Labor Party]]
|-
|[[Israel]]
|[[Mapam|United Workers Party (Mapam)]]
|Labor Zionism
||Merged into [[Meretz]]
|-
|[[Israel]]
|[[Poalei Agudat Yisrael|Workers of Agudat Yisrael]]
|[[Haredi Judaism]]
|
|-
|[[Korea]]
|[[Workers' Party of North Korea]]<br/>[[Workers' Party of South Korea]]
|Communist<br />Communist
|Merged to form the [[Workers' Party of Korea]] in 1949
|-
|[[Latvia]]
|[[Workers' Party (Latvia)|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
|-
|[[North Macedonia]]
|[[Workers Party (North Macedonia)|Workers Party]]
|[[Left-wing politics]]
|
|-
|[[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]]
|[[Poalei Agudat Yisrael|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
|-
|[[Trinidad and Tobago]]
|[[Workers and Farmers Party]]
|Marxist
|Defunct due to unpopularity
|-
|[[Trinidad and Tobago]]
|[[British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party]]
|[[Garveyism]]
|Popularly known as the Butler Party, defunct due to unpopularity
|-
|[[Trinidad and Tobago]]
|[[Progressive Workers Democrat Movement]]
|
|Defunct due to unpopularity
|-
|[[Turkey]]
|[[Workers' Party (Turkey)|Workers' Party]]
|[[Scientific socialism|Scientific socialist]]
|Renamed the [[Patriotic Party (Turkey)|Patriotic Party]] in 2015
|-
|[[United Kingdom]]
|[[International Leninist Workers Party]]
|Marxist–Leninist
|Dissolved into the [[Socialist Labour Party (UK)|Socialist Labour Party]] in 1996
|-
|United Kingdom
|[[Workers Party of Scotland]] 
|Marxist–Leninist
|
|-
|[[United States of America|United States]]
|[[Democratic Workers Party]]
|Marxist–Leninist
|Dissolved in 1986
|-
|United States
|[[Workers Party (US)|Workers Party]]
|[[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]]
|Renamed the [[Independent Socialist League]] in 1949
|-
|United States
|[[American Workers Party]]
|[[Abraham Johannes Muste|Musteite]]
|Merged into Workers Party of the United States
|-
|United States
|[[Workers Party of America]]
|[[Marxism–Leninism|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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