Socialist Workers Party (Finland)
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Socialist Workers Party (in Finnish: Sosialistinen Työväenpuolue) was a political party in Finland. The STP was founded in 1973 as split from Workers' and Smallholders Social Democratic League (Työväen ja Pienviljelijäin Sosialidemokraattinen Liitto) (TPSL). STP emerged out of a group that did not approve of the return of TPSL to the Social Democratic Party.
STP had electoral alliances with Finnish People's Democratic League (Suomen kansan demokraattinen liitto) (SKDL), the mass front dominated by the Communist Party of Finland (SKP) but with little success. When SKP (and SKDL) split in 1985-1986, STP joined Democratic Alternative (Demokraattinen Vaihtoehto) (DeVa) which was founded by Communist Party of Finland (Unity) (SKPy). STP disappeared shortly after the formation of DeVa.
