Workingmen's Party of California
American labor organization (1877–1880s) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Chinese must go" redirects here. For the play, see The Chinese Must Go: A Farce in Four Acts.
This article is about the 1877 racist party in California. For 1876 socialist party in the eastern United States, see Workingmen's Party of the United States. For other uses, see Workingmen's Party (disambiguation).
The Workingmen's Party of California (WPC) was an American labor organization, founded in 1877 and led by Denis Kearney, J. G. Day, and H. L. Knight.[1]
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Workingmen's Party of California | |
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Founded | 1877; 147 years ago (1877) |
Dissolved | 1883; 141 years ago (1883) |
Ideology | Anti-Chinese racism |
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Its famous slogan was "The Chinese must go!"[2]