Workingmen's Party of California

"The Chinese must go" redirects here. For the play, see The Chinese Must Go: A Farce in Four Acts.
Workingmen's Party of California
AbbreviationWPC
LeaderDenis Kearney
FoundedOctober 5, 1877 (1877-10-05)
Dissolvedc. October 1881 (1881-10)
HeadquartersCharter Oak Hall,
San Francisco, California, U.S.
NewspaperDaily Sand Lot
Membership15,000 (in San Francisco)
IdeologyAnti-Chinese racism
Anti-monopolism
Factions:
Laborism
Socialism
Political positionLeft-wing
Slogan"The Chinese must go!"

The Workingmen's Party of California (WPC) was an American labor organization and political party, founded in 1877 and led by Denis Kearney. Remembered primarily for its anti-Chinese racism, the party's famous slogan was "The Chinese must go!"

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