  I also remember reading something about the Worker's Party being formed by a merger between the Democratic Party and the Communist Party back before the war (the one with the UN not the one with the Japanese).  I'll have to look it up again when I get the chance.  I just bring that up because of the last line in the first paragraph.  From what I remember neither the Communist nor the Democratic parties kept a separate identity after the merger so I'm wondering if the Democratic Party referenced in this article (before the 1980s name change) is somehow linked toor a continuation ofthat Democratic Party that merged with the C.P. or if it's a different entity?  Again, I'll have to go back and find the articles about the merger and re-read them again.  