Workers Party, USA
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The Workers Party is a small left wing political party in the United States. Based in Chicago, Illinois, the Workers Party stands on a platform of anti-imperialism and anti-capitalism, and produces a fortnightly newspaper The Worker. The leading party member is Michael Thorburn, who also edits The Worker.
The WP USA supports a student group called Youth and Students for a Democratic Foreign Policy (YSDFP). YSDFP hold public meetings on various college campuses in the Chicago area. Thorburn is often the main speaker in these meetings.
The YSDFP call for the formation of a peace party. They recognize the sovereignty of every country and the right of every nation to independence. They call for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops stationed abroad, including an immediate withdrawal from Iraq and the removal of U.S. troops from South Korea. They support North Korea's defense of its sovereinty against U.S. aggression. The ruling party in North Korea also happens to be known as the Workers Party, as are many political parties across the world. These parties do not necessarily share the same ideology, although most are considered socialist. [1]
Like most communist parties, the Workers Party USA does have a draft program. [2] It is a Marxist-Leninist Party.
[edit] Historical Parties By The Same Name in the U.S.
- Workers Party of America. 1920's.
- American Workers Party. 1933 - 1934.
- Workers Party of the United States. 1934.
- Workers Party. 1940 - 1949.
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