{{Infobox political party | name = Worker-Communist Party of Iraq | native_name = الحزب الشيوعي العمالي العراقي | colorcode = #790102 | logo = | chairperson = Samir Adil | foundation = 1993 | ideology = [[Workerism]]<br>[[Communism]] | position = [[Far-left]] | headquarters = | website = https://wp-iraq.com/ | flag = | state = Iraq | native_name_lang = ar }} The '''Worker-Communist Party of Iraq''' ({{langx|ar|الحزب الشيوعي العمالي العراقي|Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-'Ummali al-'Iraqi}}) is a [[Marxist]] [[political party]] in [[Iraq]] and amongst Iraqi exiles. Samir Adil is the current leader of the party.<ref>{{Cite web |last=AB |date=2025-10-25 |title=مقابلة مع سمير عادل سكرتير اللجنة المركزية للحزب الشيوعي العاملي العراقي - الحزب الشيوعي العمــالي العراقي Worker_Communist_Party_Of_Iraq |url=https://wp-iraq.com/%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%84%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%b3%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%84-%d8%b3%d9%83%d8%b1%d8%aa%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d8%ac%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b1/ |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260511092408/https://wp-iraq.com/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84-%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1/ |archive-date=2026-05-11 |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=wp-iraq.com |language=ar}}</ref> It was established in July 1993 through a merger of [[communist]] groups.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-01-13 |title=Profile: Kurdish 'satellite' parties |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/media_reports/2588651.stm |access-date=2025-10-09 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

They opposed both [[Saddam Hussein]] and the [[Coalition Provisional Authority|American-led new administration]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Communism in Iraq |url=http://www.rationalrevolution.net/war/communism_in_iraq.htm |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=www.rationalrevolution.net}}</ref> Under the [[Ba'ath]]ist regime, the group was persecuted, and so operated primarily in the [[Kurdistan]] region, and overseas in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Australia]] (where they were among the founders of the [[Socialist Alliance (Australia)|Socialist Alliance]]).

The party was also persecuted in Kurdistan and went underground in 2000 after a number of attacks by [[Patriotic Union of Kurdistan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-11-12 |title=Western hypocrisy on Iraq |url=https://www.greenleft.org.au/1997/297/world/western-hypocrisy-iraq |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=www.greenleft.org.au |language=en}}</ref>

They are involved in the [[Federation of Workers Councils and Unions in Iraq]], the [[Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq]] and the [[Union of the Unemployed in Iraq]]. They have produced a newsletter called ''Iraq Weekly''' and an English newspaper called ''Forward''.

It is a sister party of the [[Worker-Communist Party of Kurdistan]] and previously had a good relationship with [[Worker-Communist Party of Iran - Hekmatist]]. In March 2005, members of the WCPI, along with members of other groups and other individuals, formed the [[Iraq Freedom Congress]] with the purpose of forming a secular and democratic Iraq.

The party condemned the killing of [[LGBTQ rights in Iraq|gay Iraqis]] at the hands of Islamist militias.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-03-07 |title=مجازر ضد الشباب المثليين في العراق جرائم منظمة تستهدف ارهاب المجتمع |url=https://ahewar.net/m/s.asp?aid=298016 |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260511092708/https://ahewar.net/m/s.asp?aid=298016 |archive-date=2026-05-11 |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=الحوار المتمدن |language=ar}}</ref> It also opposed the criminalization of [[homosexuality]], calling for the acceptance of the [[LGBTQ community|queer community]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=عادل |first=سمير |date=2024-05-15 |title=ما وراء "مكافحة البغاء والشذوذ الجنسي (4-4) |url=https://alyoum8.net/articles/95059 |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260511093034/https://alyoum8.net/articles/95059 |archive-date=2026-05-11 |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=مؤسسة اليوم الثامن للإعلام والدراسات |language=ar}}</ref>

==Published works== *[[Hanna Batatu|Batatu, Hanna]]. ''The Old Social Classes and New Revolutionary Movements of Iraq'', London, al-Saqi Books. 1978, republished, 2004. {{ISBN|0-86356-520-4}} *Salucci, Ilario. A People's History of Iraq: The Iraqi Communist Party, Workers' Movements and the Left 1923-2004. Haymarket Books (2005) {{ISBN|1-931859-14-0}}

==See also== *[[Worker-communist Party of Kurdistan]] *[[Worker-communist Party of Iran]] *[[Mansoor Hekmat]]

==External links== *[http://www.wpiraq.net/english/ Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (in English)] *[http://www.wpiraq.net/arabic/ Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (in Arabic)] *[http://www.wpiraq.net/english/archive.html Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (old website)] *[http://www.equalityiniraq.com/english.htm The Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq]

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