National Chair Alfonso Casal Newspaper The Red Phoenix | National Secretary Victor Vaughn Political position Far-left | |
Founded 2008; 9 years ago (2008) Ideology Communism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Stalinism
Hoxhaism | ||
The American Party of Labor is an American anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist party founded in 2008, which follows the pro-Albanian tradition (Hoxhaism).
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History
The American Party of Labor had its origin in the activities of the American communist Jack Shulman, former secretary of Communist Party USA leader William Z. Foster; 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. The present day APL sees itself as upholding and continuing the work of Shulman and Bland. Although not a formal member of the International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle), the APL is generally supportive of its line and maintains friendly relations with a number of foreign communist parties including the Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action), the Turkish Labour Party (EMEP), the Labour Party of Iran, the Workers' Communist Party (Denmark), and the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist).
Activities
It has been involved in a number of events, such as a 2013 protest against the Golden Dawn in Chicago, a 2014 meeting on Ukraine and a protest against Donald Trump at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
Party organ
Its current organ, The Red Phoenix, carries articles concerning contemporary political issues and theoretical and historical questions.