Patriot Party | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1970 |
| Dissolved | Mid-1970s |
| Preceded by | Young Patriots Organization |
| Headquarters | Chicago |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Party flag | |
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The Patriot Party was a socialist organization of the early 1970s in the United States that organized poor, rural whites in the Appalachian South and Pacific Northwest. The party was formed after a split with the Young Patriots Organization. The YPO's membership was drawn from street gangs of Appalachian whites in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois; it became politicized after working with the Young Lords, an ethnic Puerto Rican gang, and the African-American Black Panther Party.