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The following is a list of Trotskyist organizations by country. This article lists only those currently existing parties which self-identify ideologically as
Trotskyist Trotskyism is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Ukrainian-Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky and some other members of the Left Opposition and Fourth International. Trotsky self-identified as an orthodox Marxist, a rev ...
. Included are
Trotskyist Trotskyism is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Ukrainian-Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky and some other members of the Left Opposition and Fourth International. Trotsky self-identified as an orthodox Marxist, a rev ...
factions, but not youth organizations or party alliances.


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* – Socialist Workers Party, Workers' Party * – Movement for Socialism, Socialist Left, Socialist Workers' Party,
United Socialist Workers' Party The United Socialist Workers' Party ( pt, Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado, PSTU) is a Trotskyist party in Brazil. It is the largest section of the International Workers' League (Fourth International) (LIT), an international body ...
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Workers' Left Front The Workers' Left Front – Unity ( es, Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores – Unidad, FIT-U) is an alliance of initially three Trotskyist parties in Argentina formed to fight a number of elections in 2011, announced at a press conference ...
, Workers' Party, Workers' Socialist Movement * – Socialist Alternative, Socialist Equality Party, Socialist Action,
Solidarity ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...
, Spartacist League, Workers' Liberty Australia,
Freedom Socialist Party The Freedom Socialist Party is a left-wing socialist political party with a revolutionary feminist philosophy based in the United States. It views the struggles of women and minorities as part of the struggle of the working class. It emerged fro ...
* – Left Turn, Socialist Left Party, The Spark,
Workers Viewpoint Workers Viewpoint () is the section of the League for the Fifth International in Austria. From 2007 to 2011, its name was League for the Socialist Revolution ({{Lang-de, Liga der Sozialistischen Revolution). Like other sections, it is involved in ...
* – HAQİQAT * – Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Section of the Fourth International) * - International Workers' League, Left Socialist Party, Anticapitalist Left * – Revolutionary Socialist Alternative, Revolutionary Worker League – Fourth International, Revolutionary Workers Party, Workers' Socialist Movement * –
International Socialist Organization The International Socialist Organization (ISO) was a Trotskyist group active primarily on college campuses in the United States that was founded in 1976 and dissolved in 2019. The organization held Leninist positions on imperialism and the role ...
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Freedom, Socialism and Revolution Freedom, Socialism and Revolution ( pt, Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução) is a Trotskyist political organisation in Brazil, created in 2009 by the fusion of ''Socialismo Revolucionário'' (Revolutionary Socialism) and ''Colectivo Liberdade Soc ...
, Revolts, Revolutionary Workers' Movement,
Socialist Democracy Socialist democracy is a political system that aligns with principles of both socialism and democracy. It includes ideologies such as council communism, democratic socialism, and Soviet democracy, as well as Marxist democracy like the dictatorsh ...
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Socialist Workers' Current Socialist Workers' Current ( pt, Corrente Socialista dos Trabalhadores, CST) is a far-left Trotskyist political organisation in Brazil, created in 1992 by a split of the Socialist Convergence. CST is an active tendency of the Socialism and Libert ...
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United Socialist Workers' Party The United Socialist Workers' Party ( pt, Partido Socialista dos Trabalhadores Unificado, PSTU) is a Trotskyist party in Brazil. It is the largest section of the International Workers' League (Fourth International) (LIT), an international body ...
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Workers' Cause Party Workers' Cause Party ( pt, Partido da Causa Operária, PCO) is a political party in Brazil. Its origins can be traced back to 1978. On that year, several Trotskyist activists who were not satisfied with the socialist international united under ...
* – International Socialists, Socialist Action, Socialist Alternative, Fightback Canada, Trotskyist League in Quebec and Canada ** – Socialist Alternative, Socialist Left * – China Worker ** – Revolutionary Communist Party of China (October Review), Socialist Action * – Revolutionary Workers Party, Movimiento Anticapitalista,
Anticapitalist Workers' Left The Anticapitalist Workers' Left ( es, Izquierda Anticapitalista de los Trabajadores, IAT) was a Trotskyist political party in Chile. The party emerged after the Revolutionary Workers Party was dissolved by the Electoral Service after failing t ...
* – Presents for Socialism * – New Socialist Party, Socialist Organization, Workers' Party * – New Internationalist Left, Workers' Democracy * – Marxist Alternative, Socialist Alternative Future,
Socialist Organisation of Working People The Socialist Organisation of Working People (SOP, Czech language, Czech: ''Socialistická organizace pracujících'') is a Trotskyist political group in the Czech Republic established in 1998 after a split in the group affiliate to the Internatio ...
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Socialist Solidarity Socialist Solidarity ( cs, Socialistická Solidarita) is a Trotskyist organisation in the Czech Republic. It is part of the International Socialist Tendency. It seems to have developed from a circle around a punk rock band which developed links wi ...
, * – International Socialists, Socialist Workers Party, Revolutionary Socialists * –
Revolutionary Socialists The Revolutionary Socialists ( ar, الاشتراكيون الثوريون; ) (RS) are a Trotskyist organisation in Egypt originating in the tradition of 'Socialism from Below'. Leading RS members include sociologist Sameh Naguib. The organisatio ...
* – Marxist Workers' League, Socialist Alternative * – Independent Workers' Party, Revolutionary Left, Trotskyist League of France, Workers' Struggle,
New Anticapitalist Party The New Anticapitalist Party (french: Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste , abbreviated NPA) is a far-left political party in France founded in February 2009. The party launched with 9,200 members and was intended to unify the fractured movements o ...
* – International Socialist Left,
Revolutionary Internationalist Organisation The Revolutionary Internationalist Organization (RIO) is a German trotskyist organization. Its origins lie in ''Independent Revolution'' or ''iRevo'', a tendency within the youth organization REVOLUTION, consisting of the sections in Germany, Sw ...
, Revolutionary Socialist League, Socialist Equality Party, Socialist Alternative, Socialist Organisation 'Solidarity', The Spark, Workers' Power, Spartakist-Arbeiterpartei * – International Socialist Organisation * – Internationalist Workers' Left,
Organisation of Internationalist Communists of Greece The Organization of Internationalist Communists of Greece (Greek: Οργάνωση Κομμουνιστών Διεθνιστών Ελλάδας, ''Organosi Kommouniston Diethniston Elladas'') is a Greek Trotskyist political party. It is also know ...
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Organization of Communist Internationalists of Greece–Spartacus The Organization of Communist Internationalists of Greece–Spartacus ( (ΟΚΔΕ-Σπάρτακος)) is a Trotskyist group in Greece. It is the Greek section of the Fourth International, and takes the name Spartacus (Σπάρτακος) from its ...
, Socialist Workers' Party, Start – Socialist Internationalist Organisation, Trotskyist Group of Greece, Workers Revolutionary Party * – Radical Socialist, New Socialist Alternative, Workers' Socialist Party * -
Acoma Party The Acoma Party ( id, Partai Acoma) was a communist party in Indonesia. It evolved out of the Young Communist Force (''Angkatan Comunis Muda'', known by its acronym 'Acoma'). Acoma was converted into Partai Acoma on 8 August 1952. Acoma/Partai Aco ...
, Perhimpunan Sosialis Revolusioner * – Socialist Workers' Party of Iran * –
People Before Profit People Before Profit ( ga, Pobal Roimh Bhrabús, PBP) is a left-wing to far-left Trotskyist political party formed in October 2005. It is active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. History PBP was established in 2005 as t ...
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Solidarity ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...
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Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
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Socialist Workers Network The Socialist Workers Network (SWN) is an Irish Trotskyist organisation. It was founded in 1971 as the Socialist Workers Movement (SWM), before becoming the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in 1995. The SWP was a founding member of People Before ...
, Workers Power, Militant Left,
Socialist Democracy Socialist democracy is a political system that aligns with principles of both socialism and democracy. It includes ideologies such as council communism, democratic socialism, and Soviet democracy, as well as Marxist democracy like the dictatorsh ...
* and – Socialist Struggle Movement * – Workers' Communist Party,
Communist Alternative Party The Communist Alternative Party (''Partito di Alternativa Comunista'', PdAC) is a communist political party in Italy. Its leader and founder is Francesco Ricci. History In April 2006 some members of Communist Project, a trotskyist faction wit ...
, Trotskyist League of Italy, Countercurrent, Anticapitalist Left, International Resistance * – Militant Côte d'Ivoire * –
Japan Revolutionary Communist League The is a Trotskyist group in Japan. History Several small groups split from the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. They attended a congress in 1957 and agreed to unite as the JRCL. Although Japan had no h ...
, Spartacist Group Japan,
Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction) The Japan Revolutionary Communist League (Revolutionary Marxist Faction) ( ja, 日本革命的共産主義者同盟革命的マルクス主義派, Nihon Kakumeiteki Kyōsanshugisha Dōmei, Kakumeiteki Marukusu Shugiha) is a Japanese Trotskyism, ...
* – Workers' Solidarity
Bolshevik GroupMovement Towards Socialism
* – Revolutionary Communist Group * - Socialist Alternative * –
Anticapitalist Workers' Left The Anticapitalist Workers' Left ( es, Izquierda Anticapitalista de los Trabajadores, IAT) was a Trotskyist political party in Chile. The party emerged after the Revolutionary Workers Party was dissolved by the Electoral Service after failing t ...
, Socialist Workers Movement * –
Socialist Alternative Politics The Socialist Alternative Politics (Dutch: ''Socialistische Alternatieve Politiek,'' or SAP) is a Trotskyist political group in the Netherlands without parliamentary representation. History Early roots of the SAP The SAP traces back its root ...
, Socialist Alternative, International Socialists, Vonk (
International Marxist Tendency The International Marxist Tendency (IMT) is an international Trotskyism, Trotskyist Political international, political tendency founded by Ted Grant and his supporters following their break with the Committee for a Workers' International (1974) ...
) * – International Socialist Organisation, Socialist Voice,
Socialist Aotearoa Socialist Aotearoa (also known as SA and Socialist – People Before Profit) is a revolutionary socialist organisation based in New Zealand. SA formed as a split from Socialist Worker in 2008. They are based in Auckland and are part of the In ...
* – Workers' Revolutionary Party * – Democratic Socialist Movement, Movement for a Socialist Alternative * – Internationalist League of Norway, International Socialists * – Socialist Movement Pakistan,
The Struggle Pakistan The Struggle ( ur, ) is a ''Trotskyist'', Leftist organization in Pakistan which was found in Netherlands by Lal Khan and other Pakistani activists. The group follows the ideology of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky ...
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Workers Party (Marxist–Leninist) Workers Party (Marxist–Leninist) (in Spanish: ''Partido Obrero (Marxista-Leninista)'') was a Trotskyist political party in Panama. PO(M-L) was founded in 1934 by Diógenes de la Rosa. For a brief period PO(M-L) was able to compete with the Comm ...
* – Workers' Party * – Workers' Revolutionary Party, Socialist Workers Party, Socialist Workers Party (1992) * – Polish Labour Party - August 80, Socialist Alternative, Workers' Democracy * –
Revolutionary Socialism Revolutionary socialism is a political philosophy, doctrine, and tradition within socialism that stresses the idea that a social revolution is necessary to bring about structural changes in society. More specifically, it is the view that revolut ...
, Socialist Alternative Movement, Workers' Party of Socialist Unity * – Hand of Labour * – Marxist Tendency, Revolutionary Workers' Party,
Russian Socialist Movement Russian Socialist Movement (russian: Российское социалистическое движение) is a left-wing to far left political organisation in Russia. It was created in 2011 by the merging of various left-wing, socialist, anti-c ...
, Socialist Alternative, Socialist Tendency * – Spartacist South Africa,
Workers and Socialist Party The Workers and Socialist Party (WASP) is a Marxist and Trotskyist political party in South Africa affiliated to International Socialist Alternative. History Marxist Workers Tendency WASP began life as the Marxist Workers Tendency (MWT), opera ...
, Workers International Vanguard Party, Keep Left,
African Peoples' Democratic Union of Southern Africa The African Peoples' Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) is a Trotskyist political group in South Africa. Formed in 1961, it emerged from the Non-European Unity Movement, and was closely associated with I.B. Tabata, a leading Marxist who ...
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International Socialist Movement The International Socialist Movement was a Trotskyist current inside the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) from 2001 until March 2006. It came into existence as a change of name by Scottish Militant Labour, the since defunct Scottish section of the ...
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Non-European Unity Movement The Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM) is a Trotskyist organisation formed in South Africa in 1943. It had links to the Workers Party of South Africa (WPSA), the first countrywide Trotskyist organisation, and was initially conceived as a broad p ...
* – Revolutionary Workers' Party,
Internationalist Struggle Internationalist Struggle (LI) ( es, Lucha Internacionalista, ca, Lluita Internacionalista) is a Trotskyist organisation in Spain. It is part of the International Workers' Unity – Fourth International. Ideology LI is a republican organization ...
, In Struggle, Red Current, Workers' Revolutionary Current, Revolutionary Left,
Revolutionary Socialism Revolutionary socialism is a political philosophy, doctrine, and tradition within socialism that stresses the idea that a social revolution is necessary to bring about structural changes in society. More specifically, it is the view that revolut ...
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Anticapitalistas Anticapitalistas (Catalan: ''Anticapitalistes'', Euskera: ''Antikapitalistak'', English language: Anticapitalists), known as Izquierda Anticapitalista (Anti-Capitalist Left, IA) until January 2015 and as Espacio Alternativo (Alternative Space, ...
, Internationalist Socialist Workers' Party,
Revolutionary Anticapitalist Left Revolutionary Anticapitalist Left ( es, Izquierda Anticapitalista Revolucionaria, IZAR) is a Trotskyist political party in Spain. History IZAR was founded by a split of Anticapitalistas, after some members of that organization were expelled for ...
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* – Lanka Equal Society Party, Lanka Equal Society Party (Alternative Group), New Equal Society Party, United Socialist Party,
Socialist Party of Sri Lanka The Socialist Party of Sri Lanka (SP) is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Founded in 2006 as a split from the United Socialist Party (part of the Committee for a Workers' International), it was for a time associated with the League for t ...
, Socialist Equality Party, Revolutionary Workers Party * – Socialist Alternative * –
Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
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Socialist Justice Party The Socialist Justice Party ( sv, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna, RS) is a Trotskyist political party in Sweden. RS is the Swedish section of International Socialist Alternative (ISA). The forerunner organization of RS was called ''Arbetarförb ...
, International Socialists, Workers' Power * –
Solidarity ''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...
, The Spark * - International Socialist Forward * – Workers Democracy Group * – Workers' Party * – Socialist Alternative, Workers' Left League * – Revolutionary Workers' Party, Revolutionary Socialist Workers' Party, New Way, Socialist Alternative,
Workers' Fraternity Party The Workers' Fraternity Party ( tr, İşçi Kardeşliği Partisi, İKP) is a democratic socialist political party in Turkey. The Workers' Fraternity Party was founded in June 2006 and renamed itself as "United Workers' Party of Turkey" ( tr, Tür ...
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Alliance for Workers' Liberty The Alliance for Workers' Liberty (AWL), also known as Workers' Liberty, is a Trotskyist group in Britain and Australia, which has been identified with the theorist Sean Matgamna throughout its history. It publishes the newspaper ''Solidarity''. ...
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Communist League The Communist League (German: ''Bund der Kommunisten)'' was an international political party established on 1 June 1847 in London, England. The organisation was formed through the merger of the League of the Just, headed by Karl Schapper, and the ...
, International Socialist League, Workers' Power, Socialist Action, Socialist Appeal, Socialist Equality Party,
Socialist Resistance Socialist Resistance (SR) is a Trotskyist organisation in Britain. In 2009, the International Socialist Group (ISG) merged into it, making it the British Section of the Fourth International. Origins It was launched in 2002 by two organisations, ...
, Socialist Workers' Party,
Spartacist League The Spartacus League (German: ''Spartakusbund'') was a Marxist revolutionary movement organized in Germany during World War I. It was founded in August 1914 as the "International Group" by Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, Clara Zetkin, and other ...
, Workers' Fight,
Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International The Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International (WIRFI) is a Trotskyist international organisation. It was formed and based in the United Kingdom and originally consisted of a remnant of the Workers Revolutionary Party. The organisat ...
, Workers Revolutionary Party, Socialist Alternative, Socialist Alternative ** and –
Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
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Socialist Party Scotland Socialist Party Scotland is the Scottish affiliate of the worldwide Marxist and Trotskyist organisation the Committee for a Workers' International. Socialist Party Scotland is the sister party of the Socialist Party in England and Wales. Social ...
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Solidarity (Scotland) Solidarity – Scotland's Socialist Movement was a political party in Scotland. The party launched on 3 September 2006, founded by two former Scottish Socialist Party MSPs, Tommy Sheridan and Rosemary Byrne, in the aftermath of Sheridan's libel ...
* – Socialist Alternative, Socialist Action, Socialist Equality Party,
Freedom Socialist Party The Freedom Socialist Party is a left-wing socialist political party with a revolutionary feminist philosophy based in the United States. It views the struggles of women and minorities as part of the struggle of the working class. It emerged fro ...
, Fourth International Caucus, Internationalist Group, Refoundation and Revolution,
Spartacist League The Spartacus League (German: ''Spartakusbund'') was a Marxist revolutionary movement organized in Germany during World War I. It was founded in August 1914 as the "International Group" by Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, Clara Zetkin, and other ...
, Socialist Workers Organization, Socialist Organizer, Left Voice,
Spark Spark commonly refers to: * Spark (fire), a small glowing particle or ember * Electric spark, a form of electrical discharge Spark may also refer to: Places * Spark Point, a rocky point in the South Shetland Islands People * Spark (surname) * ...
Revolutionary Workers League * – Workers' Party,
International Socialism Proletarian internationalism, sometimes referred to as international socialism, is the perception of all communist revolutions as being part of a single global class struggle rather than separate localized events. It is based on the theory that ...
; Revolutionary Workers' Party,
Fourth International Posadist The Fourth International Posadist is a Trotskyist international. It was founded in 1962 by J. Posadas, who had been the leader of the Latin America Bureau of the Fourth International in the 1950s, and of the Fourth International's section in Arg ...
, Current of Workers for Socialism * –
Revolutionary Socialism Revolutionary socialism is a political philosophy, doctrine, and tradition within socialism that stresses the idea that a social revolution is necessary to bring about structural changes in society. More specifically, it is the view that revolut ...
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Revolutionary Marxist Current The Revolutionary Marxist Current ( es, Corriente Marxista Revolucionaria, CMR) is a Trotskyist tendency within the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Ideology The CMR's position is that of support for the Bolivarian Revolution, whil ...
, League of Workers for Socialism * – International Socialist Organisation


See also

* List of anti-capitalist and communist parties with national parliamentary representation *
List of communist parties There are a number of communist parties active in various countries across the world and a number that used to be active. They differ not only in method, but also in strict ideology and interpretation, although they are generally within the tradi ...
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List of communist parties in India This page contains a list of political parties in India that are aligned with the communist ideology. Most communist parties in India trace their origins to- *(i) the Communist Party of India, the oldest communist party in India, takes part in p ...
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List of communist parties represented in European Parliament The following is a List of communist parties represented in European Parliament. This list does not contain communist parties previously represented in European Parliament. This article lists only those parties who officially call themselves comm ...
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List of democratic socialist parties and organizations This is a list of parties in the world that consider themselves to be upholding the principles and values of democratic socialism or include significant numbers of democratic socialist members (although many do not specifically include the term ...
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List of democratic socialist parties that have governed This is a list of Social democracy, social democratic and Democratic socialism, democratic socialist parties which have governed countries, whether as the ruling party or as a member of a governing coalition. Most of these parties were members of ...
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List of Labour parties The name Labour (or Labor) Party, or similar, is used by political parties around the world, particularly in countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. They are usually, but not exclusively, social-democratic or democratic-socialist and tradi ...
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List of left and far-left parties in Europe This is a list of European political parties that have been classified as Centre-left politics, centre-left or far-left politics, far-left on the political spectrum. The categorisation of some parties may vary in different sources. See also * L ...
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List of left-wing political parties The following is a list of left-wing political parties. It includes parties from the centre-left to the far and ultra-left. Active A ; * Afghanistan Liberation Organization (banned) * Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan (banned) *Nation ...
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List of members of the Comintern The Comintern had, at the first Congress, voting delegates from the following groups: See also * List of communist parties * List of delegates of the 1st World Congress of the Communist International *List of delegates of the 2nd Comintern congr ...


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Trotskyist Trotskyism is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Ukrainian-Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky and some other members of the Left Opposition and Fourth International. Trotsky self-identified as an orthodox Marxist, a rev ...