Communist Workers Party (Japan)

Communist Workers Party
共産主義労働者党
Founded 1966 (1966)
Dissolved 1986 (1986)
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Ideology Marxism-Leninism
Pro-Soviet
Political position Far-left
Politics of Japan
Political parties
Elections

Communist Workers Party (in Japanese: 共産主義労働者党) was a pro-Soviet communist party in Japan. It was founded in November 1966.

The party published Toitsu between February 1967 and December 1971.[1]

The youth wing of the party was the Proletarian Youth League and its student branch was the Proletarian Student League.

The party suffered several splits. Remaining elements formed the People - Group aiming at Self-Government, Solidarity, Ecology in 1986.

References

  1. Tōkyō Daigaku. Annals of the Institute of Social Science. Tokyo, Japan: The Institute, University of Tōkyō, 1966. p. 109


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