Farmer–Labor Party
Farmer–Labor Party of the United States | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1918 |
| Dissolved | 1936 |
| Preceded by | Labor Party of the United States |
| Ideology | Co-operative commonwealth Left-wing populism Progressivism Social democracy Laborism Anti-capitalism Factions: Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
The first modern Farmer–Labor Party in the United States emerged in Minnesota in 1918. The American entry into World War I caused agricultural prices and workers' wages to fall, while retail prices rose sharply during the war years. Consequently, farmers and workers made common cause in the political sphere to redress their grievances.
The party dissolved in 1936 on a federal level with the Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party surviving on the state level until 1944, when it merged with the local affiliate of the Democratic Party; the resulting merger, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, still exists today.