American Party of Labor

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{{Infobox political party|name=American Party of Labor|logo=APL flag.png|founded=December 6, 2008|caption=Flag|leader1_title=National Chair|leader1_name=Camilo Lazlo|leader2_title=National Secretary|leader2_name=Victor Vaughn|foundation=December 6, 2008|newspaper=''[[The Red Phoenix]]''|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]] [[Hoxhaism]] [[Anti-imperialism]] [[Anti-revisionism]] [[Anti-fascism]]|international=[[International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle)|ICMLPO (US)]] {{small|(Full Member)}}|website=https://americanpartyoflabor.com/}}{{Communist parties}}
The '''American Party of Labor''' ('''APL''') is an [[Anti-revisionism|anti-revisionist]] [[communist party]] in the [[United States of America|United States]]. It opposes [[Titoism]], [[Trotskyism]], and [[Nikita Khrushchev|Khrushchev]]'s [[revisionism]].<ref name=":0">{{News citation|newspaper=American Party of Labor|title=Our History|url=https://www.americanpartyoflabor.com/our-history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615044632/https://www.americanpartyoflabor.com/our-history|archive-date=2022-06-15|retrieved=2022-06-18}}</ref>

== Demands ==

=== Health care ===
The APL demands a national healthcare system and the nationalization of the pharmaceutical industry. It supports the legalization of [[marijuana]] but not hard drugs such as cocaine.<ref name=":1">{{News citation|newspaper=American Party of Labor|title=Our Platform|url=https://www.americanpartyoflabor.com/our-platform|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303134358/https://www.americanpartyoflabor.com/our-platform|archive-date=2022-03-03|retrieved=2022-06-18}}</ref>

=== Housing ===
The APL advocates for state-funded construction of apartments to provide housing as well as remodeling of old homes. It also demands an end to foreclosures.<ref name=":1" />

=== Military ===
The APL demands an end to [[Imperialism|imperialist]] wars and [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] regime change operations and the withdrawal of U.S. military bases and personnel from all other countries. It also supports withdrawal of the United States from [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]].

=== Work ===
The APL supports a 30-hour work week and at least six weeks of paid vacation per year. It also supports a [[universal basic income]] for all adults, an end to the [[gender pay gap]], and at least a year of paid parental leave. The party advises limiting the income of the richest people in society to ten times that of the poorest people.<ref name=":1" />

== History ==
The American Party of Labor was founded in 2008 by associates of [[Jack Shulman]], who died in 1999. The party was reorganized at a party congress in 2016. In November 2018, the party was granted observer status at the [[International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle)|ICMLPO]].<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
[[Category:Statesian communist parties]]
[[Category:Anti-revisionism]]

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