Proletarian Party of America

Proletarian Party of America
FounderJohn Keracher
Dennis Batt
Al Renner
H. M. Wicks
Oakley C. Johnson
Founded27 June 1920
Dissolved1971
Split fromCommunist Party of America
Preceded bySocialist Party of Michigan
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism
Impossibilism
Political positionFar-left

The Proletarian Party of America (PPA) was a small communist political party in the United States, forming in 1920 and disbanding in 1971. Originally an offshoot of the Communist Party of America, the group maintained an independent existence for over five decades. It is best remembered for carrying forward Charles H. Kerr & Co., the oldest U.S. publisher of Marxist books.