Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia
Former political party in Ethiopia (1979–1984) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሰራተኞች ፓርቲ አደራጅ ኮሚሽን, romanized: ye’ītiyop’iya seratenyochi paritī āderaji komīshini), generally known by its English acronym COPWE, was a political organization in Ethiopia during the rule of the Derg.[1] COPWE was a preparty organization; it had the task of preparing the Ethiopian people for creation of a communist party.[2][3][4] In the absence of a communist party, COPWE functioned as a temporary replacement of the party that it would create.[2]
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Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia የኢትዮጵያ ሰራተኞች ፓርቲ አደራጅ ኮሚሽን | |
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Chairman | Mengistu Haile Mariam |
Founded | 17 December 1979 |
Dissolved | 12 September 1984 |
Preceded by | POMOA Imaledih |
Succeeded by | Workers' Party of Ethiopia |
Headquarters | Addis Ababa |
Newspaper | Serto Ader |
Youth wing | Revolutionary Ethiopia Youth Association |
Women's wing | Revolutionary Ethiopia Women's Association |
Labour wing | All-Ethiopian Trade Union |
Peasant wing | All-Ethiopian Peasant Association |
Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism Anti-federalism |
Political position | Far-left |
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