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Workers' Communist Party of France

French political party

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ3366206 ↗
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The Workers' Communist Party of France (French: Parti communiste des ouvriers de France, PCOF) is a political party of France. The party publishes the monthly newspaper La Forge and is an active participant in the International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations.

History

The PCOF was established on 18 March 1979, on the anniversary of Paris Commune, after a split in the Strasbourg section of the Maoist Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of France (PCMLF). During the Cold War, the PCOF supported the political line of the Party of Labour of Albania. From October 2011 to March 2016, the party was a member of the Front de Gauche.

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The public source identifies “Workers' Communist Party of France” as french political party. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Workers', Communist and Party.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979, 2011, 2016—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1979-03-18. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Workers', Communist and Party providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3366206. VIAF identifies the subject as 126270680. The Library of Congress control number is n86082946. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1979, 2011 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “Workers' Communist Party of France” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.