Workers' Party

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Workers' Party is a name used by a number of political parties throughout the world. It is perhaps one of the few standard party names that does not have an association with any particular ideology^{[dubious — see talk page]}, having been used by a wide range of groups - both left and right - in various places at various times:

• Algeria: Workers' Party (Algeria)
• Argentina: Workers' Party (Argentina)
• Bangladesh: Workers Party of Bangladesh
• Barbados: Workers Party of Barbados
• Brazil: Workers' Party (Brazil)
• Ecuador: Workers' Party of Ecuador
• France: Workers' Party (France)
• Guinea-Bissau: Workers' Party (Guinea-Bissau)
• Hungary: Workers Party (Hungary)
• India: Workers Party of India
• Ireland: The Workers Party (Ireland)
• Macedonia: Workers Party (Macedonia)
• New Zealand: Workers Party of New Zealand
• North Korea: Korean Workers' Party
• Paraguay: Workers Party (Paraguay)
• Russia: Workers Party (Russia)
• Singapore: Workers' Party of Singapore
• Sweden: Social Democratic Workers Party
• Turkey: Kurdistan Workers Party
• Turkey: Workers Party (Turkey)

Defunct parties include

• Germany: German Workers' Party
• Hungary: Hungarian Workers Party
• Ireland: Irish Workers Party (not related to the current party above)
• Mexico: Mexican Workers' Party
• Romania: name used by the Romanian Communist Party between 1948 and 1965
• South Africa: Workers Party of South Africa
• Spain: Workers' Party of Marxist Unification
• United Kingdom: International Leninist Workers Party, Workers Party of Scotland
• United States of America: Workers' Party (Third International), Workers' Party of the United States, Workers Party, Workers Party, USA

[edit] See also

• Labour Party
• Communist Workers Party
• National Workers Party
• Socialist Workers Party
• United Workers' Party
• List of political parties