Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia
Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia የኢትዮጵያ ሰራተኞች ፓርቲ አደራጅ ኮሚሽን | |
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| Chairman | Mengistu Haile Mariam |
| Founded | 17 December 1979 |
| Dissolved | 12 September 1984 |
| Preceded by | POMOA Imaledih |
| Succeeded by | Workers' Party of Ethiopia |
| Headquarters | Addis Ababa |
| Newspaper | Serto Ader |
| Youth wing | Revolutionary Ethiopia Youth Association |
| Women's wing | Revolutionary Ethiopia Women's Association |
| Labour wing | All-Ethiopian Trade Union |
| Peasant wing | All-Ethiopian Peasant Association |
| Ideology | Communism Marxism-Leninism Anti-federalism |
| Political position | Far-left |
The Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሰራተኞች ፓርቲ አደራጅ ኮሚሽን, romanized: ye’ītiyop’iya seratenyochi paritī āderaji komīshini), generally known by its English acronym COPWE, was a political organization in Ethiopia during the rule of the Derg. COPWE was a preparty organization; it had the task of preparing the Ethiopian people for creation of a communist party. In the absence of a communist party, COPWE functioned as a temporary replacement of the party that it would create.