Communist Labor Party of America
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The Communist Labor Party of America (CLP) was a U.S. political party founded in 1919. It emerged from the left wing of the Socialist Party of America, alongside the Communist Party of America (CPA). The CLP was primarily an English-language group, while the CPA was composed of foreign-language federations.
Both parties were established legally but were soon forced underground. The Communist International encouraged their unification. In 1922, the CPA merged with a breakaway faction of the CLP to form the Workers Party of America, which eventually became the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) in 1929. The CLP itself was a precursor to the larger communist movement in the United States.1
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