# Workers' Party

Workers' Party is a name used by several political parties throughout the world. The name has been used by both organisations on the left and right of the political spectrum. It is currently used by followers of Marxism, Marxism–Leninism, Maoism, social democracy, democratic socialism, socialism and Trotskyism.

## Current Workers' Parties

| Country | Party | Political orientation |
| Algeria | Workers' Party | Trotskyist |
| Argentina | Workers' Party | Trotskyist |
| Australia | Australian Workers Party | Social democracy |
| Bangladesh | Workers Party of Bangladesh | Marxist–Leninist |
| Belgium | Workers' Party of Belgium | Marxist |
| Brazil | Workers' Party | Social democracy |
| Brazil | Unified Socialist Workers' Party | Trotskyist |
| Brazil | Party of Worker's Cause | Trotskyist |
| Costa Rica | Workers' Party | Trotskyist |
| Czech Republic | Workers' Party of Social Justice | Neo-Nazism |
| Egypt | Workers Democratic Party | Social democracy |
| Ecuador | Workers' Party of Ecuador | Communist |
| Finland | Workers' Party of Finland | Socialist |
| France | Workers' Party (France, 2015) | Communist |
| Guinea-Bissau | Workers' Party | Socialist |
| Hungary | Hungarian Workers' Party | Marxist–Leninist |
| India (Maharashtra state) | Peasants and Workers Party of India | Marxist |
| India (West Bengal state) | Workers Party of India | Communist |
| Ireland (incl. Northern Ireland) | Workers' Party | Marxist–Leninist |
| Jamaica | Workers Party of Jamaica | Marxist–Leninist |
| Montenegro | Workers' Party | Labour rights |
| Nepal | Nepal Workers Peasants Party | Juche |
| North Korea | Workers' Party of Korea | Juche |
| Paraguay | Workers' Party | Trotskyist |
| Singapore | Workers' Party | Social democracy |
| Spain | Workers' Party | Communist |
| Sweden (Västerbotten County) | Workers' Party | Trotskyist |
| Turkey | Workers' Party of Turkey | Marxist–Leninist |
| United Kingdom | Workers Revolutionary Party | Trotskyist |
| United Kingdom | Workers Party of Britain | Socialist |
| United States | Workers Party, USA | Marxist–Leninist |
| United States | South Carolina Workers Party | Labor rights |
| United States | Workers Party of Massachusetts | Socialist |
| Uruguay | Workers' Party | Trotskyist |

## Defunct Workers' Parties

Defunct Workers' parties include:
| Country | Party | Political orientation | Reason defunct |
| Australia | Workers Party | Libertarian | |
| Bahamas | Workers' Party | | |
| Barbados | Workers Party of Barbados | Marxist | Defunct due to unpopularity |
| Brazil | Worker's and Peasant's Bloc | | 1937–1930. |
| Brazil | Work's National Union | | 1945–1948. |
| Brazil | Nationalist Workers' Party | | 1989. |
| Brazil | Nationalist Brazilian Workers' Party | | 1989–1992. Merged into Labour Party of Brazil. |
| Brazil | General Workers' Party | | 1995–2003. Merged into Liberal Party. |
| Cambodia | Workers' Party of Kampuchea (1960–1966) | Communist | Renamed to Communist Party of Kampuchea in 1966. Dissolved in 1981. |
| Canada | Workers' Party of Canada (1922–1924) | Communist | Legal face of the illegal Communist Party until the government's ban was lifted. |
| Canada | Workers' Party of Canada (1934–1937) | Trotskyist | Dissolved upon entry into the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. Reformed in 1939 as the Socialist Workers League. |
| Canada | Revolutionary Workers Party (1946–1952) | Trotskyist | Entered the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. |
| Croatia | Croatian Workers Party (1906–1918) | Left-wing populist | |
| Czech Republic | Workers' Party | National Socialist | Banned in 2010 by the Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic |
| Estonia | Estonian Workers' Party | Communist | |
| Ethiopia | Workers' Party of Ethiopia | Marxist–Leninist | Overthrown in 1991 |
| Finland | Socialist Workers' Party of Finland | Marxist | Banned in 1923 |
| France | Workers' Party (France, 1991–2008) | Trotskyist | |
| Germany | German Workers' Party | Nationalist | Renamed the National Socialist German Workers' Party in 1920 |
| Germany | National Socialist German Workers' Party | National Socialist | Dissolved and banned in 1945 |
| Germany | Workers' Party of Germany | Juche | |
| Hungary | Hungarian Workers' Party | National Socialist | Dissolved and regrouped |
| Ireland | Irish Workers' Party | Communist | Merged with the Communist Party of Northern Ireland to reconstitute the all-Ireland Communist Party of Ireland in 1962 |
| Israel | Workers Party of Eretz Israel (Mapai) | Labor Zionism | Merged into the Israeli Labor Party |
| Israel | United Workers Party (Mapam) | Labor Zionism | Merged into Meretz |
| Israel | Workers of Agudat Yisrael | Haredi Judaism | |
| Korea | Workers' Party of North Korea Workers' Party of South Korea | Communist Communist | Merged to form the Workers' Party of Korea in 1949 |
| Latvia | Workers' Party | Left-wing politics | |
| Mexico | Mexican Workers' Party | Social democratic | Merged with the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico to form the Mexican Socialist Party in 1987 |
| New Zealand | Workers Party of New Zealand | Marxist | Renamed to Fightback in 2013 |
| North Macedonia | Workers Party | Left-wing politics | |
| Poland | Polish Workers' Party | Communist | Merged to form the Polish United Workers' Party in 1948 |
| Poland | Polish United Workers' Party | Marxist–Leninist | Self-dissolved in 1990 |
| Poland | Zionist Workers Party | |
| Romania | Romanian Workers' Party | Communist | Renamed the Romanian Communist Party in 1965 |
| South Africa | Workers Party of South Africa | Trotskyist | Banned in 1953 |
| Spain | Workers' Party of Marxist Unification | Marxist | Dissolved in 1980 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Workers and Farmers Party | Marxist | Defunct due to unpopularity |
| Trinidad and Tobago | British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party | Garveyism | Popularly known as the Butler Party, defunct due to unpopularity |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Progressive Workers Democrat Movement | | Defunct due to unpopularity |
| Turkey | Workers' Party | Scientific socialist | Renamed the Patriotic Party in 2015 |
| United Kingdom | International Leninist Workers Party | Marxist–Leninist | Dissolved into the Socialist Labour Party in 1996 |
| United Kingdom | Workers Party of Scotland | Marxist–Leninist | |
| United States | Democratic Workers Party | Marxist–Leninist | Dissolved in 1986 |
| United States | Workers Party | Trotskyist | Renamed the Independent Socialist League in 1949 |
| United States | American Workers Party | Musteite | Merged into Workers Party of the United States |
| United States | Workers Party of America | Marxist–Leninist | Became Communist Party USA in 1929. |
| United States | Workers Party of the United States | Trotskyist | Absorbed into the Socialist Party of America in 1936 |