In a statement regarding the party's ideological foundation, the NPCH(ML) refers to the theory and practice of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin.

[1] The NPCH(ML) participates in and was a founding member of the International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations (ICOR).

This led to the exile of the Unified Party of Haitian Communists (PUCH) in France.

The PUCH would return to Haiti after Duvalier was overthrown in 1986, but it began to disintegrate shortly afterwards, mostly due to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

The party wishes to form links with the working class in Haiti, with the goal of educating them on their ideology and spreading a commitment to the proletarian struggle throughout the country.