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| {{Infobox political party|name=Workers World Party|logo=WWP logo.png|founded=1959|founder=[[Sam Marcy]]|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]]<br>[[Anti-imperialism]]}}{{Communist parties}}'''Workers World Party''' ('''WWP''') is a revolutionary Marxist–Leninist party in the [[United States of America|United States]]. It supports [[Actually Existing Socialism|AES]], including [[People's Republic of China|China]]<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Sara Flounders]]|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=Why we must defend China|date=2023-08-18|url=https://www.workers.org/2023/08/73001/|retrieved=2023-08-20}}</ref> and [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea|Korea]].<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=Long live the DPRK! Long live socialism!|date=2021-01-06|url=https://www.workers.org/2021/01/53630/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804201917/https://www.workers.org/2021/01/53630/|archive-date=2023-08-04}}</ref>
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| == History ==
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| Future party founders [[Sam Marcy]] and [[Milt Neidenberg]] left the [[Socialist Workers Party (United States)|Socialist Workers Party]] in 1958 because of its opposition to the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] and founded the WWP in 1959.<ref>{{Web citation|date=2018-02-26|title=Milt Neidenberg ‘fought for the liberation of the workers and oppressed’|url=https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630012151/https://www.workers.org/2018/02/35840/|archive-date=2022-06-30|retrieved=2022-12-25|author=Deirdre Griswold}}</ref>
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| == Internationalism ==
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| The Workers World Party opposes U.S. interventions around the world and supports the [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] people against the [[Zionism|Zionist]] [[State of Israel]].
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| Starting in August 1962, the Workers World Party began its first demonstration against the [[Vietnam War]]. It also supported the independence movements of the [[Republic of the Congo (1960–1964)|Congo]], [[People's Republic of Angola (1975–1992)|Angola]], [[Republic of Guinea-Bissau|Guinea-Bissau]], and [[People's Republic of Mozambique (1975–1990)|Mozambique]].<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Workers World Party|title=Workers World Party: Who We Are|url=https://workersworld-party.org/about/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511224306/https://workersworld-party.org/about/|archive-date=2022-05-11|retrieved=2022-06-18}}</ref>
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| == Program ==
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| The Workers World Party has ten points in its program:<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Workers World Party|title=Our Program|url=https://workersworld-party.org/program/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512152152/https://workersworld-party.org/program/|archive-date=2022-05-12|retrieved=2022-06-18}}</ref>
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| # Ending police brutality and giving reparations to Black people
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| # Self-determination for Black, Chicano, indigenous, Arab, and Asian peoples
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| # Socialist revolution instead of [[reformism]]
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| # Abolishing [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|ICE]] and giving full rights to immigrants
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| # Food, water, housing, clothing, health care, education, and childcare for all and cancellation of student debt
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| # Equal pay and reproductive rights for women and [[LGBT+]] equality
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| # Hold the Pentagon and oil corporations for climate change and support for climate refugees
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| # Abolish the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], economic sanctions, and foreign interventions by the United States
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| # Universal employment and $15 minimum wage, including for disabled people
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| # End the [[prison-industrial complex]], mass incarcerations, and the death penalty
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| == References ==
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| [[Category:Statesian communist parties]]
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