American Party of Labor | |
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National Chair | Alfonso Casal[1] |
National Secretary | Victor Vaughn[1] |
Founded | December 6, 2008 |
Newspaper | The Red Phoenix[2] |
Student wing | All Marxist-Leninist Union |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-left[3] |
International affiliation | ICMLPO (US) (observer)[4] |
Colours | Red |
Slogan | "All power to the working people!" |
Anthem | "The Internationale" |
Party flag | |
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Website | |
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The American Party of Labor is an American anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist communist party founded in 2008.[6] The party aims to establish a dictatorship of the proletariat and a commonly owned publicly planned economy for their future goal of a communist society in the United States.[7]
The American Party of Labor traces its origin to the activities of the former leader of the Communist Party USA, William Z. Foster, the American communist Jack Shulman, and the British Marxist–Leninist Bill Bland. Members of the American Party of Labor had previously been active in Alliance Marxist–Leninist and International Struggle Marxist–Leninist, two organizations founded by Shulman and Bland.[8] The party sees itself as continuing the work of Foster, Shulman, and Bland.
The APL maintains friendly relations with many foreign communist parties in the International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations.[9][10] In November 2018, the XXIV Plenary of the International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations granted the APL Observer status in that organization.[11]
The APL's main lines of activity include:
The current party newspaper, The Red Phoenix, publishes opinionated articles on political-economic issues, theoretical and historical topics, and on what they view as contemporary issues of the working class.[18][19][20][21]
From 2010–2012, the American Party of Labor published the Revolutionary Spirit,[22] a Marxist–Leninist theoretical journal, which contained writings of Marxist classics, translations of contemporary Marxist-Leninist theory, and original essays.
As of February 2023, the website Marxist–Leninist Currents is published by the American Party of Labor.[23]
The main political points of the American Party of Labor include:[24]
Domestic policy