Workers Party of Scotland

The Workers Party of Scotland, also known as the Workers Party of Scotland (Marxist-Leninist) was a small Marxist-Leninist political party based in Scotland. It was founded in 1967 and campaigned for Scottish independence. Many of its founder members had previously belonged to the Committee to Defeat Revisionism, for Communist Unity. The party published the Scottish Vanguard , led by Tom Murray assisted by Michael McCreary,operating from bookshops in Glasgow and Edinburgh.They introduced Chinese culture and philosophy by supporting and promoting Scotland-China links at every level,especially with regard to Mao.

The party stood in a few by-elections .A hardcore criminal minority were led by Matt Lygate and three other party members,who were convicted in 1972 of armed robbery of the Royal Bank of Scotland to raise party funds.

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• Peter Barberis, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations