The Internationalist Workers Party (Parti ouvrier internationaliste, POI) was a French

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established in 1936 after the exclusion of militant Trotskyists from the French Section of the Workers' International in 1935 and dissolved in 1939 when most of the militants had rejoined the

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. It was an official section of the

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References

*Frédéric Charpier, ''Histoire de l'extrême-gauche trotskiste de 1929 à nos jours''. 1936 establishments in France 1939 disestablishments in France Communist parties in France Defunct political parties in France French Section of the Workers' International Political parties disestablished in 1939 Political parties established in 1936 Trotskyist organizations in France {{France-party-stub