Defunct Workers' Parties
Defunct Workers' parties include:
| Country | Party | Political orientation | Reason defunct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | Croatian workers party (1906-1918) | ||
| Czech Republic | Workers' Party | Nationalist | Banned in 2010 |
| Finland | Workers' Party of Finland | Marxist | Banned in 1923 |
| Germany | German Workers' Party | Nationalist | Renamed the National Socialist German Workers' Party in 1920 |
| Germany | National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi) | "National-Socialist"/Fascist | Dissolved and banned in 1945 |
| Ireland | Irish Workers Party | Communist | Merged with the Communist Party of Northern Ireland to reconstitute the all-Ireland Communist Party of Ireland in 1962 |
| Israel | Workers Party of Eretz Israel | Merged into the Israeli Labour Party | |
| Israel | United Workers Party | Merged into Meretz | |
| Macedonia | Workers Party | ||
| Mexico | Mexican Workers' Party | Social democratic | Merged with the Unified Socialist Party of Mexico to form the Mexican Socialist Party in 1987 |
| North Korea | Workers' Party of North Korea | Communist | Merged to form the Workers' Party of Korea in 1949 |
| Poland | Polish Workers' Party | Communist | Merged to form the Polish United Workers' Party in 1948 |
| Poland | Polish United Workers' Party | Marxist-Leninist | Self-dissolved in 1990 |
| Romania | Romanian Workers' Party | Communist | Renamed the Romanian Communist Party in 1948 |
| South Africa | Workers Party of South Africa | Trotskyist | Banned in 1953 |
| Spain | Workers' Party of Marxist Unification | Trotskyist | Suppressed by Stalinists during the Spanish Civil War in 1937 |
| United Kingdom | International Leninist Workers Party | Marxist-Leninist | Dissolved into the Socialist Labour Party in 1996 |
| United Kingdom | Workers Party of Scotland | Marxist-Leninist | |
| United States | Democratic Workers Party | Marxist-Leninist | Dissolved in 1986 |
| United States | Workers Party | Trotskyist | Renamed the Independent Socialist League in 1949 |
| United States | American Workers Party | Musteite | Merged into Workers' Party of the United States |
| United States | Workers Party of America | Communist | Became Communist Party USA in 1929. |
| United States | Workers' Party of the United States | Trotskyist | Dissolved into the Socialist Party of America in 1936 |
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