Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 2024)
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Revolutionary Communist Party | |
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| Abbreviation | RCP |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Merger of | Socialist Appeal, Revolution |
| Newspaper | The Communist |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | International Marxist Tendency |
| Colours | Red |
| Party flag | |
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The Revolutionary Communist Party is a communist political party in Britain and the British section of the International Marxist Tendency. The party describes itself as "fighting for a communist programme to overthrow capitalism in Britain and internationally."[6]
The party was founded out of predecessor organisations, Socialist Appeal[7] and the Scottish IMT group, Revolution in 2024.[8] The party resultingly traces its lineage to supporters of Ted Grant and Alan Woods after their departure or expulsion from the Militant tendency in the early 1990s.[9][10]
The party publishes a fortnightly newspaper called The Communist.
The party's founding congress is scheduled to take place in May 2024.[11]
Publications[edit]
The Communist is a fortnightly newspaper produced by the party, as a successor publication to Socialist Appeal and Revolution.[12][13] The first edition of The Communist published on 24 January. The paper states that its focus is on social, political and trade union issues with the "aim to provide a genuine voice for the working class".[14]
The party also produces a quarterly theoretical journal In Defence of Marxism.[15]
The party also publishes a number of pamphlets and books through their Wellred Books publishing arm.[16]
International Marxist Tendency[edit]
The international group to which the party is affiliated is known as the International Marxist Tendency. In Latin America it has supported Hugo Chavez’s Bolivarian Revolution and the IMT instigated the formation of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign group to support Chávez.[17][18][19]
The IMT has published a number of books by Trotsky, Grant and Woods[16] and runs the multilingual website In Defence of Marxism.
In conjunction with a rebranding of sections across the tendency in late 2023 and early 2024, the IMT announced in February 2024 that it would be relaunching itself as the "Revolutionary Communist International" in June 2024.[20]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Switzerland: founding the Revolutionary Communist Party!". The Communist. 1 February 2024. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Swiss capitalist press stunned as Revolutionary Communist Party launched". In Defence of Marxism. 9 February 2024. Archived from the original on 9 February 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Revolutionary strategy and tactics". The Communist. 28 February 2023.
- ↑ "Lenin lives! Towards a Revolutionary Communist Party!". The Communist. 18 January 2024. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "100 years since the founding of the Left Opposition: In defence of Trotskyism". The Communist. 16 October 2023. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "About us". 3 January 2003.
- ↑ Hinckley, Jonathan (2023-11-14). "Revolution Festival 2023: The communists are coming!". The Communist. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ↑ EB, Author Revolution Scotland (2024-01-23). "Founding the Revolutionary Communist Party". REVOLUTION. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ↑ Wade, Bob (27 July 2006). "Ted Grant: Trotskyite behind the Militant Tendency's infiltration of the Labour party". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ Militant, 24 January 1992, reproduced in Taaffe, Peter, 'Rise of Militant', p.452. No expulsion or appeal proceedings have been cited by Grant et al.
- ↑ "Help us launch the Revolutionary Communist Party – donate today!". 15 December 2023.
- ↑ "Welcome to The Communist!". The Communist. 2024-01-25. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
- ↑ "Goodbye Revolution, The Communist is Here". Revolution. January 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ↑ "Subscribe to The Communist – the voice of the working class". The Communist. 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ↑ "In Defence of Marxism - our theoretical magazine". 2 April 2012.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Welcome to Wellred Online Bookshop!". Wellred Books. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ "Venezuela's economy: Towards state socialism". The Economist. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ Yapp, Robin (5 December 2010). "Welsh Trotskyist in row over claims he is key adviser to Hugo Chavez". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ Walker, Ross (13 April 2012). "London commemorates 10 years of the defeat of the coup". In Defence of Marxism. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ "It is time to launch a Revolutionary Communist International". In Defence of Marxism. International Marxist Tendency. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
External links[edit]
- The Communist official website
- In Defence of Marxism
- Wellred online bookshop
- Ted Grant Internet Archive
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