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Left Worker-communist Party of Iraq
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The Left Worker-communist Party of Iraq (Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي العمالي اليساري العراقي) is a small political party in Iraq, formed in 2004.
The party was formed by a group of communists, some of whom were members in the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq soon after the WCPIraq decided to support the Worker-Communist Party of Iran - Hekmatist; the Left tendency was to desire to maintain links with the Worker-Communist Party of Iran, believing that group held to a clear revolutionary and socialist position and maintained the line of Worker Communism as laid out by its founder, Mansoor Hekmat.
The former leader of LWPI is Issam Shukri.[1] He was also a member of Central Committee and Politburo of WPI.[1] The current secratary of the central committee is Samir Noory.[2]
The party opposed the Criminalization of homosexuality in Iraq, and called for the acceptance of the LGBTQ community.[3][4]
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