Workers Party of the Netherlands (build-up organisation)
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Workers Party of the Netherlands (build-up organisation) (in Dutch
Dutch language
Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

: Arbeiderspartij van Nederland (opbouworganisatie), abbreviated APN(o)) was a communist party
Communist party
A political party described as a Communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of communism through a communist form of government...

 in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. APN(o) was founded in 1980, following a split from the Communist Workers Organisation (marxist-leninist)
Communist Workers Organisation (marxist-leninist)
Communist Workers Organisation was a communist group in the Netherlands. It was founded in March 1978, through the merger of the League of Dutch Marxist-Leninists , the Communist Workers Organisation and the Communist Circle of Breda...

 (KAO(ml)). It upheld the line of the Albanian Party of Labour
Albanian Party of Labour
The Party of Labour of Albania was the sole legal political party in Albania during communist rule...

 after the Sino-Albanian split
Sino-Albanian split
The Sino-Albanian split in 1978 saw the parting of the People's Republic of China and People's Socialist Republic of Albania, which was the only Eastern European nation to side with the PRC in the Sino–Soviet split of the early 1960s.-History:...

. It had an Hoxhaist ideologie.

APN(o) published Revolutionaire Arbeider.

In 1981 APN(o) released an electoral manifesto titled 'For the Socialist Republic' (Voor de Socialistische Republiek).

In 1981 and 1982 APN(o) took part in May Day
May Day
May Day on May 1 is an ancient northern hemisphere spring festival and usually a public holiday; it is also a traditional spring holiday in many cultures....

 rallies together with Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 and Surinamese organisations. In 1982 the Portuguese
Portugal
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 People's Democratic Union
People's Democratic Union (Portugal)
The People's Democratic Union is a marxist political movement in Portugal. The UDP transformed itself into a political association at its 15th congress due to its merger with other left-wing parties in the Left Bloc....

branch in the Netherlands took part in the May Day Committee together with APN(o).
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