Workers World
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Workers World Party
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| First Secretary | Larry Holmes |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Headquarters | 147 W. 24th St. 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10011 |
| Newspaper | Workers World |
| Youth wing | Fight Imperialism, Stand Together (FIST) |
| Ideology |
Marxism–Leninism Communism Proletarian internationalism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colors | Red |
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Workers World Party (WWP) is a communist party in the United States, founded in 1959 by a group led by Sam Marcy of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). Marcy and his followers split from the United States SWP in 1958 over a series of long-standing differences, among them Marcy's group's support for Henry A. Wallace's Progressive Party in 1948, the positive view they held of the Chinese Revolution led by Mao Tse-Tung, and their defense of the 1956 Soviet intervention in Hungary, all of which the SWP opposed.
WWP describes itself as a party that has, since its founding, "supported the struggles of all oppressed peoples". It has recognized the right of nations to self-determination, including the nationally oppressed peoples inside the United States. It supports affirmative action as necessary in the fight for equality. WWP opposes all forms of racism and religious bigotry. The Workers World Party and its affiliate Youth Against War and Fascism (YAWF) were noted for their consistent defense of the Black Panthers, the Weather Underground, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and the Puerto Rican Independence movement. Workers World Party was also an early advocate of gay rights, and remains especially active in this area.
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