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Communist Workers Party (Japan)

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Communist Workers Party
共産主義労働者党
FoundersTomochika Naito
Masumi Shirakawa
Momo Ida
FoundedNovember 1966 (1966-11)
DissolvedDecember 1971 (1971-12)
HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
NewspaperToitsu
Student wingProletarian Student Alliance
Youth wingProletarian Youth Alliance
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionFar-left

The Communist Workers Party (Japanese: 共産主義労働者党) was a pro-Soviet communist party in Japan. It was founded in November 1966 and split into three factions in December 1971. The party published the newspaper 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.

References

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