American Party of Labor

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]

American Party of Labor
National ChairAlfonso Casal[1]
National SecretaryVictor Vaughn[1]
FoundedDecember 6, 2008 (2008-12-06)
NewspaperThe Red Phoenix[2]
Student wingAll Marxist-Leninist Union
Ideology
Political positionFar-left[3]
International affiliationICMLPO (US) (observer)[4]
Colours  Red
Slogan"All power to the working people!"
Anthem"The Internationale"
Party flag

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Website
www.americanpartyoflabor.com
Not to be confused with the American Labor Party.

History

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]

Activities

The APL's main lines of activity include:

  • Maintaining community solidarity projects such as Red Aid,[12] through which the party provides the impoverished with food, clothing,[13] and other forms of social assistance.[6][14]
  • Organizing and participating in protests.
  • Supporting anti-war coalitions such as the "Hands Off Venezuela - N.J." coalition, which calls for an end to the risk of U.S. intervention in Venezuela,[15] signing the 2016 U.S. Hands Off Syria Coalition unity statement,[16] and supporting the 2019 march on wall street.[17]

Publications

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]

Political platform

The main political points of the American Party of Labor include:[24]

Economic and social

Domestic policy

Foreign policy

References
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  2. 'Our Glorious Past': Lukashenka's Belarus and the Great Patriotic War, page 305.
  3. The Scourge of Genocide: Essays and Reflections, Page 405
  4. "Political Declaration of the Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean, 31 July 2019 (The APL is one of the parties involved in the declaration)". Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  5. American Party of Labor (U.S.), CRWFlagsl
  6. "Our History". Archived from the original on 2021-12-23. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  7. "Our Platform". American Party of Labor. Archived from the original on 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  8. "'Here in the very belly of imperialism, you have comrades:' Alfonso Casal, National Spokesperson for the American Party of Labor, spoke to Evrensel about the APL and the U.S. policies". Evrensel Daily. July 24, 2017. Archived from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  9. "Erklärung der Amerikanischen Arbeiterpartei zur Erstürmung des Kapitols in Washington". Arbeit Zukunft. 8 January 2021. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  10. "Comunicado do Partido do Trabalho Americano sobre a agressão dos EUA contra a Síria". A Verdade. 8 April 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  11. "The American Party of Labor Has Been Granted Observer Status in the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations". The Red Phoenix. December 10, 2018. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  12. "Red Aid: Service to the People". The Red Phoenix. June 28, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  13. The Red Phoenix (Feb 13, 2022). "Members of the American Party Of Labor distributed over 800 free masks, child masks, and hand sanitizers today in Ohio. Organize with us now!". Twitter. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  14. "A farsa da democracia Norte-Americana". A Verdade. 5 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  15. "No U.S. War on Venezuela! Take Action February 23". Samiodun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. Archived from the original on 2022-02-17. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  16. "U.S. Hands Off Syria Coalition — Points of unity statement". Answer Coalition. Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  17. "23 February, New York: March on Wall Street to Defend Venezuela". Samiodun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. Archived from the original on 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
  18. "Capitalism Kritik - Gonzaga 2013". Capitalism Kritik – via Gonzaga Debate Institute 2013.
  19. "A History Of Protests Against Revisionism In The USSR". Collective Mind-Meld. issue 3, volume 1.
  20. "Activist Cartoons without Borders". The Global Studies Journal. 4 (4).
  21. Dunster, Martha (17 May 2021). "The Limerick Soviet (Master's Thesis)". Historiska Institutionen – via Uppsala Universitet.
  22. "Revolutionary Spirit". revolutionaryspiritapl.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  23. "Marxist-Leninist Currents – A theoretical journal of the American Party of Labor". Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  24. "The Platform of the American Party of Labor". americanpartyoflabor.com. Retrieved March 3, 2022.

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