American Workers Party
The American Workers Party (AWP) was a socialist organization established in December 1933 by activists in the Conference for Progressive Labor Action, a group headed by A.J. Muste.
Not to be confused with the Workers Party of America (1921–1929), the direct antecedent of the Communist Party USA; the Workers Party of the United States (1934–1936), formed by the merger of the American Workers Party with the Communist League of America; the Workers Party (1940–1949) formed by an offshoot of the Socialist Workers Party which later became the Independent Socialist League; or the Workers Party, USA, an extant group established in 1992.
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