American Workers Party

American Workers Party
FoundedDecember 1933 (1933-12)
DissolvedDecember 1934 (1934-12)
Merged intoWorkers Party of the United States
IdeologyMarxism
Political positionFar-left

The American Workers Party (AWP) was a socialist political party established in December 1933 by activists in the Conference for Progressive Labor Action, a group headed by A. J. Muste. The American Workers Party was established in December 1933 by activists in the Conference for Progressive Labor Action. The figurative leader of the AWP was Muste, but it had a structure and values that lent its far-left radicalism a highly democratic and collaborative quality.