Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization

The Puerto Rican Revolutionary Workers Organization was a communist political organization that evolved from the Young Lords Party (YLP), a Puerto Rican civil rights organization, in 1972. Ideologically, the PRRWO adopted Marxist–Leninist and Maoist principles. It also took an anti-revisionist stance and advocated for Puerto Rican independence pending a communist revolution. Organizationally, the PRRWO was characterized by frequent purges, intragroup conflict, and violence against members. Scholars such as Johanna Fernández and Darrel Wanzer-Serrano, as well as former members of the PRRWO, have noted its authoritarian tendencies, elitism, and tendency to romanticize the working class.

The PRRWO aligned politically with various prominent communist organizations during the 1970s. At a conference hosted by the National Guardian, it announced the creation of a National Liaison Committee (NLC) consisting of members of the Revolutionary Union (RU), the Black Workers Congress (BWC), and I Wor Kuen (IWK), with the intention of forming a communist party. The PRRWO left the committee in 1974 amidst a conflict with the RU over its racial power dynamics. They then joined the National Continuations Committee (NCC), which was organized by the Communist League. In 1975, the PRRWO realigned itself once again, forming a "Revolutionary Wing" with the Revolutionary Workers League (RWL), the August 29th Movement, and an organization called Workers Viewpoint. This coalition also collapsed in 1975, and the PRRWO subsequently dissolved in 1976.