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Workers World Party | |
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| Abbreviation | WWP |
| First Secretary | Larry Holmes |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Split from | Socialist Workers Party |
| Headquarters | 121 W. 27th St. Suite 404. New York City, New York 10001 |
| Newspaper | Workers World |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colors | Red |
| Members in elected offices | 0 |
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The Workers World Party (WWP) is a Marxist–Leninist communist party in the United States founded in 1959 by a group led by Sam Marcy.[3] WWP members are sometimes called Marcyites. Marcy and his followers split from the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in 1958 over a series of long-standing differences, among them their support for Henry A. Wallace's Progressive Party in 1948, their view of People's Republic of China as a workers' state, and their defense of the 1956 Soviet intervention in Hungary, some of which the SWP opposed.[4][5][6]
- ^ "Workers World Party: Who We Are". Workers World Party. Archived from the original on October 15, 2023.
Workers World Party is a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist party dedicated to organizing and fighting for a socialist revolution in the United States and around the world. With branches around the U.S., WWP develops militant organizers in every struggle, from anti-racist and immigrant rights to labor, anti-war and anti-imperialist struggles.
- ^ Lawrence, Ken. "Roots of the Workers World Party". libcom.org.
This stance in turn meant playing down to insignificance polemics against Stalinism, while seeking leadership of the class through exemplary action. The Marcyites remained uneasily as a faction within the SWP until the USSR's military invasion of Hungary in 1956, which they supported and the SWP denounced. Depending on whose version you believe, the Marcy-Copeland faction either left (Marcy) or was expelled (Cannon), and formed Workers World Party in 1957.
- ^ "Selected Works of Sam Marcy". Workers World. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
- ^ "China – A setback for Imprerialism" (PDF). The Militant. October 3, 1949.
- ^ "The SWP Position on China" (PDF). SWP Discussion Bulletin. June 1963.
- ^ "The SWP Position on China". The Militant. 2001.