Marxist Workers' League (Finland)

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The Marxist Workers League is a Trotskyist organization in Finland. [1]

It was previously affiliated with the Committee For a Workers' International, it is now affiliated with the Coordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International.

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References

  1. "Marxist Workers' League of Finland". www.mtl-fi.org. Retrieved 2022-09-26.