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Workers' Revolutionary Party (other)
There are several groups named the Workers' Revolutionary Party: *Workers' Revolutionary Party (Argentina) *Workers Revolutionary Party (Greece) *Workers Revolutionary Party (India) *Workers' Revolutionary Party (Mexico) *Workers Revolutionary Party (Namibia) *Workers' Revolutionary Party (Nicaragua) *Workers' Revolutionary Party (Panama) *Workers' Revolutionary Party (Peru) *Workers' Revolutionary Party (Portugal) *Workers' Revolutionary Party (Spain) *Workers Revolutionary Party (UK) :* Workers Revolutionary Party (Healy) :* Workers Revolutionary Party (Internationalist) :* Workers Revolutionary Party (Workers Press) See also *Revolutionary Workers Party (other) There are several groups named Revolutionary Workers Party: *Revolutionary Workers' Party (Bolivia) *Revolutionary Workers Party (Canada) *Revolutionary Workers Party (Chile) * Revolutionary Workers Party (India) *Revolutionary Workers' Party (Peru ... {{disambiguation Political party disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers' Revolutionary Party (Argentina)
The Workers' Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores, PRT) was a Marxist political party in Argentina, mainly active in the 1960s and 1970s. Currently there are different groups that claim to be a continuation of the historical PRT. The PRT was founded in 1965 by Mario Roberto Santucho (FRIP) and Leandro Fote by merging two existing far-left political parties. History The origins of the PRT lay in the merger of two leftist organizations in 1965, the Revolutionary and Popular Indoamericano Front ''(Frente Revolucionario Indoamericano Popular (FRIP))'' and Worker's Word ''(Palabra Obrera (PO)''. The FRIP had been founded by Francisco René Santucho and his brother Mario Roberto in 1961 at Santiago del Estero, Argentina. It was a ruralist, indigenist (pro-Amerindian) and revolutionary movement that extended its influence throughout the provinces of Tucumán, Chaco and Salta. ''Palabra Obrera'', on the other hand was a Trotskyist party founded by N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers Revolutionary Party (Greece)
The Workers Revolutionary Party ( el, Εργατικό Επαναστατικό Κόμμα (ΕΕΚ), ''Ergatiko Epanastatiko Komma'', EEK) is a Trotskyist communist political party in Greece, taking part in the elections independently, since the departure from Radical Left Front (MERA, ΜΕΡΑ) coalition in spring of 2009. EEK does some cooperative work with the Front of the Greek Anticapitalist Left (ANTARSYA), which the rest of MERA joined in 2009. The party's newspaper is ''Νέα Προοπτική'' (''Nea Prooptiki'', New Perspective). Another of its publications is ''Επαναστατική Μαρξιστική Επιθεώρηση'' (''Epanastatiki Marxistiki Epitheorisi'', Revolutionary Marxist Review), a theoretical magazine. EEK also publishes classic Marxist writings. Its youth section is OEN (''Οργάνωση Επαναστατικής Νεολαίας'', Organisation of Revolutionary Youth). OEN's monthly magazine is ''Konservokouti'' (''Κονσερβοκούτ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers Revolutionary Party (India)
Workers Revolutionary Party was a communist group in Kerala, India. It existed sometime around 1970, and had branches in Trivandrum, Ernakulam and Alappuzha. It was led by A. Achuthan.Singh, Prakash, ''The Naxalite Movement in India''. New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...: Rupa & Co., 1999, , p. 64. References {{reflist Defunct political parties in Kerala Defunct communist parties in India Political parties established in the 1970s 1970s establishments in India Political parties with year of disestablishment missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers' Revolutionary Party (Mexico)
The Workers' Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores, PRT) was a Trotskyist political party in Mexico. It was originally founded in 1976 by the merger of two Trotskyist groups: the International Communist League, associated with the United Secretariat of the Fourth International and the Mexican Morenists. In 1977, the Marxist Workers' League, associated with the Organising Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International, joined the party. In the following years, other small groups of Trotskyists also joined the PRT, but the group associated with Moreno left in 1979 to form the Socialist Workers' Party. (Partido Obrero Socialista) (POS) From their base in the 1968 student movement, the PRT grew quickly, soon gaining bases of support among some telephone, electrical, nuclear, and hospital workers. By the 1980s, it was the largest far-left party to challenge the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In 1981, the federal gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers Revolutionary Party (Namibia)
The Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP, from 2009 to 2014 named the Communist Party of Namibia) is a communist party in Namibia led by Attie Beukes and Harry Boesak. The party was founded by Attie Beukes in May 1989 as the Workers Revolutionary Party. It joined the United Democratic Front (UDF) alliance for participation in the 1989 elections. The UDF won four seats in this election for the Constituent Assembly of Namibia, none of which went to the WRP. Election results 2004 In the 2004 election, the WRP joined with SWANU in an alliance of socialist parties. The SWANU-WRP alliance received 3,428 votes, which were not enough for a seat in the National Assembly. 2009 Under its new name, Communist Party of Namibia, it contested the 2009 general election for seats in the National Assembly and the Presidency. The party registered for the 2009 election as the fourteenth and final party. Beukes, the party's candidate for president, received 1,005 votes, which was the lowest total o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers' Revolutionary Party (Nicaragua)
The Workers' Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores, PRT) is a left-wing Nicaraguan political party with Marxist and Trotskyist tendencies founded 1971 by students including Bonifacio Miranda. Originally a broad Marxist group named Towards a Popular Revolution, the party joined the Trotskyist United Secretariat of the Fourth International in 1975 and renamed itself the Marxist Revolutionary League. It fought alongside the Sandinista National Liberation Front The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto Cé ..., but after their victory, remained illegal and its leaders were jailed for criticising the new government. The group renamed itself to PRT in 1984, and received legal status after 1984 elections. References *Charles D. Ameringer, ''Political Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers' Revolutionary Party (Panama)
Workers' Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores, PRT) was a Panamanian political party. The PRT was created in October 1983. Prior to the 1984 balloting, it joined with a number of trade union organizations in a coalition styled the United People's Electoral Front (FREPU), which neither the People’s Party of Panama or the Workers' Socialist Party chose to join. “This Trotskyist organization criticized but supported the Manuel Noriega regime and urged it to follow the nationalist policies of the Omar Torrijos government, especially the building of popular democracy. Led by Graciela Dixon the PRT encouraged the government to strengthen the role of the masses in the political process”. Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies. Ed. by Charles D. Ameringer. Greenwood Press. 1992. Pp. 482. The PRT vehemently opposed the Manuel Noriega-led National Democratic Union coalition in 1984 and ran its own candi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers' Revolutionary Party (Peru)
The Workers' Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores) is a Trotskyist political party in Peru founded in 1978 by a fraction of PST, FIR(IV) and FIR(Combate). Its founding leaders included Hugo Blanco, Hipólito Enríquez, Raúl Castro Vera and Nicolás Lucar. It participated in the general elections 1980 and the municipal elections 1980 and 1983. PRT is currently led by Raúl Castro Vera. The PRT became the Pervuvian section of reunified Fourth International but, in the 1980s, the Fourth Internationals in Peru joined the Partido Unificado Mariateguista Mariateguist Unified Party (in Spanish: ''Partido Unificado Mariateguista – PUM'') was a political party in Peru founded in 1984 by Revolutionary Vanguard (VR), Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), Workers Revolutionary Party (PRT) and a sector .... Political parties established in 1978 Communist parties in Peru Trotskyist organisations in Peru {{Peru-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers' Revolutionary Party (Portugal)
The Workers Revolutionary Party ( pt, Partido Revolucionário dos Trabalhadores) was a left-wing political party in Portugal. It was founded on January 31, 1975. The party had a Trotskyist orientation, following the line known as ''"morenista"'' after Nahuel Moreno. PRT published ''Combate Socialista''. PRT was in sympathy with, but not affiliated to, the reunified Fourth International. In 1978 PRT merged into the Revolutionary Socialist Party, which eventually became part of the Left Bloc. See also * Socialist Youth Alliance Socialist Youth Alliance (in Portuguese: ''Aliança Socialista da Juventude'') was a leftist youth movement in Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is l ... References {{Authority control Trotskyist organisations in Portugal Fourth International (post-reunification) Defunct communist parties in Portugal Political parties established in 1975 1975 es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers' Revolutionary Party (Spain)
Workers' Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores, PRT) was a Spanish trotskyist political party founded in 1994 by the merger of the Workers' Socialist Party (Socialist Truth) (PST (LVS)) and the Group for Building a Revolutionary Workers' Party (GPOR). Both parties initially contested the 1994 European Parliament election as the GPOR–PST (LVS) coalition. The PRT eventually joined United Left (IU) in 1998, and in 2002 it merged with Revolutionary Left (IR) to form the Workers' Revolutionary Party–Revolutionary Left The Workers' Revolutionary Party–Revolutionary Left (Spanish language: ''Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores–Izquierda Revolucionaria''. PRT–IR) was a Spanish Trotskyist political organization, formed in the summer of 2002 as a result ... (PRT–IR). Member parties * Workers' Socialist Party (Socialist Truth) (PST (LVS)) *Group for Building a Revolutionary Workers' Party (GPOR) References Communist parties in Spain 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
The Workers Revolutionary Party is a Trotskyism, Trotskyist group in Britain once led by Gerry Healy. In the mid-1980s, it split into several smaller groups, one of which retains possession of the name. The Club The WRP grew out of the faction Gerry Healy and John Lawrence (political activist), John Lawrence led in the Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1944), Revolutionary Communist Party which urged that the RCP pursue Entryism, entryist tactics in the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. This policy was also urged on the RCP by the leadership of the Fourth International. When the majority in the RCP rejected the policy in 1947, Healy's faction was granted the right to split from the RCP and work within the Labour Party as a separate body known internally as The Club. A year later the majority faction of the RCP decided to join The Club in the Labour Party. Healy called for a massive educational effort within the organisation, which angered the old leadership. Though he met with o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marxist Party
The Marxist Party was a tiny Trotskyist political party in the United Kingdom. It was formed as a split from Sheila Torrance's Workers' Revolutionary Party in 1987 by Gerry Healy and supporters including Vanessa and Corin Redgrave. At first, it was also known as the Workers Revolutionary Party, but it renamed itself later in the year. The party also maintained its own version of the International Committee of the Fourth International, although this was moribund by the late 1990s. After the death of Healy in 1989, the party declined, and in 1990 expelled a group which became the Communist League. The group, which called for support for the Liberal Democrats in the 2001 UK general election, published ''The Marxist'' magazine. They also famously owned Trotsky's death mask. In April 2004, the Marxist Party announced its dissolution. The Redgraves then announced the formation of a new group named the Peace and Progress Party, supporting liberal principles of human rights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
