Revolutionary Communist International

Revolutionary Communist International
Revolutionary Communist International
Abbreviation	RCI
Leader	Alan Woods
Founder	Ted Grant (of CMI/IMT)
Founded	1992 (as Committee for a Marxist International), 2024 (as Revolutionary Communist International)
Split from	Committee for a Workers' International
Ideology	Marxism; Leninism; Trotskyism;
Political position	Far-left
Colors	Red
Website
	www.marxist.com

The Revolutionary Communist International (RCI) is a Trotskyist political international. It was founded as the Committee for a Marxist International by British-based South African political theorist Ted Grant and his supporters after they broke with the Committee for a Workers' International in 1992, and was subsequently renamed the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) in 2004 before adopting its current name in June 2024. The organization's website, Marxist.com or In Defence of Marxism, is edited by Alan Woods. The site is multilingual, and publishes international current affairs articles written from a Marxist perspective, as well as many historical and theoretical articles.

History

Militant (also known as the Militant tendency) was an entryist group within the British Labour Party based around the Militant newspaper that was founded in 1964. In 1974, Militant and its allies in Sweden, Ireland, and other countries formed the Committee for a Workers' International. The organisation gained more members during the 1970s and early 1980s and dominated the Labour Party in Liverpool. It became the largest Trotskyist group in Europe. In 1983, the five members of the Militant newspaper's editorial board were expelled for contravening the Labour Party constitution and expulsions of Militant members continued throughout the rest of the decade.^[1]^[2]^[3] Ted Grant was a longtime leader of Militant until it split in early 1992 over a number of issues and he was expelled. But he and his supporters were expelled from the tendency and formed Socialist Appeal in Britain.^[4]

At its World Congress in 2004, the organisation was renamed the International Marxist Tendency (IMT).^[5]

In late 2009 a dispute developed between the IMT leadership and the leaderships of its sections in Spain (El Militante), Venezuela (Corriente Marxista Revolucionaria) and Mexico. In January 2010, these organisations, together with the group in Colombia and part of the section in Mexico, broke with the IMT and established a new international body, the Izquierda Revolucionaria (Revolutionary Left).^[6]^[7] Minorities in Venezuela and Spain chose to remain with the IMT and set up new sections.^[8] The new IMT Venezuelan section launched their newspaper, Lucha de Clases, in April 2010.^[9] In the same year, another smaller split occurred. The majority of the Swedish section, factions in Poland and Britain and individuals from several other sections left the IMT to form a new group called Towards a New International Tendency.^[10] The Iranian section of the IMT also split away over the international's position on Venezuela's friendly relations with the Iranian government and in 2011 launched Marxist Revival.^[11]

As part of a wider reorganisation of its sections, the International Marxist Tendency renamed itself the Revolutionary Communist International in June 2024. The British, Swiss, Canadian, Swedish and U.S. Sections of the international all relaunched themselves as the revolutionary communist parties of their respective countries with multiple other sections planning to do the same. The launching of these parties coincidences with many organizational and strategical changes, notably including a break with entryism on their part.^[12]^[13]^[14]

In 2024, the Swedish section of the international, Revolutionära kommunistiska partiet, was faced with a controversy as two former party members alleged that they had been sexually abused by a member of the party's executive committee. The RKP states that the individual was asked to resign his position on the executive and was subsequently not re-elected to the party's central committee. The former members also accused the party of encouraging them to "give away their savings, distance themselves from their families, drop out of education and engage in sexual relationships with older party comrades." In its response, the party states that the claim that it encourages members to distance themselves from their families "never, ever happened" and that, in regards to sexual relationships, members of the "RKP are expected to behave professionally towards new members and of course not to make any unwanted advances" and that the claims, published in the Swedish newspaper ETC, are "a concoction of lies, distortions and ridiculous leaps with half-truths taken out of context."^[15]^[16]

Sections of the RCI

Country	Name	English name	National affiliation
Argentina	Revolución	Revolution
Austria	Der Funke	The Spark
Australia	Revolution Australia
Bangladesh	মার্কসবাদী স্টাডি সার্কেল Mārkasabādī Sṭāḍi Sārkēla	Marxist Study Circle
Belgium Flanders Wallonia	Vonk Révolution	The Spark Revolution
Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia	Liga Revolucionarnih Komunista Лига револуционарних комуниста	League of Revolutionary Communists
Brazil	Organização Comunista Internacionalista	Internationalist Communist Organisation
Canada Quebec	Revolutionary Communist Party^[17] Parti communiste révolutionnaire	Revolutionary Communist Party
Chile	ICR – Octubre	RCI – October
Czech Republic Slovakia	Komunistická Avantgarda	Communist Vanguard
Colombia	Colombia Marxista	Marxist Colombia
Denmark	Revolutionært Kommunistisk Parti	Revolutionary Communist Party
El Salvador	Revolución Comunista^[18]	Communist Revolution
Finland	Vallankumous	Revolution
France	Révolution	Revolution
Germany	Revolutionäre Kommunistische Partei	Revolutionary Communist Party
Greece	Επαναστατική Κομμουνιστική Οργάνωση Epanastatikí Kommounistikí Orgánosi	Revolutionary Communist Organisation
Guatemala	Bloque Popular Juvenil	Youth Popular Block
Honduras	Izquierda Marxista	Marxist Left
Hungary	Fáklya	Torch
India	क्रांतिकारी कम्युनिस्ट भारत Kraantikaaree Kamyunist Bhaarat	Revolutionary Communists of India
Indonesia	Perhimpunan Sosialis Revolusioner	Revolutionary Socialist Assembly
Ireland	Revolutionary Communists of Ireland
Italy	Sinistra Classe Rivoluzione	Left, Class, Revolution
Malaysia	Ombak Revolusi	Waves of Revolution
Mexico	Organización Comunista Revolucionaria	Revolutionary Communist Organisation	National Regeneration Movement
Morocco	رابطة العمل الشيوعي Rābita al-'amal al-shuyu'ī	Communist League
Netherlands	Revolutie	Revolution
New Zealand	Socialist Appeal
Nigeria	Workers' Alternative
Norway	Revolusjon	Revolution
Latvia	Starptautiskā Marksisma Tendence – Latviešu Sekcija (AUSMA)	International Marxist Tendency – Latvian Section
Lithuania	Revoliucinis Komunistų Internacionalas - Nauja Aušra	Revolutionary Communist International - New Dawn
Pakistan	لال سلام Lal Salaam	Red Salute
Peru	ICR Perù	RCI Perù
Poland	Czerwony front	Red Front
Portugal	Colectivo Marxista	Marxist Collective
Russia	Организация коммунистов-интернационалистов^[19] Organizatsiya Kommunistov Internatsionalistov	Organisation of Communist Internationalists
Sri Lanka	සමාජවාදී දියුණුව Samājavādī Diyuṇuva	Forward Socialist
South Africa	Revolution
Spain Catalonia	Organización Comunista Revolucionaria^[20] Organització Comunista Revolucionària	Revolutionary Communist Organization
Sweden	Revolutionära Kommunistiska Partiet	Revolutionary Communist Party
Switzerland	In German Switzerland: Revolutionäre Kommunistische Partei In Romandy: Parti communiste révolutionnaire	Revolutionary Communist Party
Syria	البديل الماركسي – سوريا ِAl-Badīl al-Marksī – Sūriyā	Marxist Alternative – Syria
Singapore	Marxist League Singapore
Taiwan	火花 Huǒhuā	The Spark
Thailand	ปฏิวัติคอมมิวนิสต์ไทย Pt̩iwạti khxmmiwnis̄t̒ thịy	Revolutionary Communist Thailand
Timor-Leste	Marxista Revolusionariu	Revolutionary Marxist
Turkey	Sosyalist Devrim	Socialist Revolution
United Kingdom	Revolutionary Communist Party
United States	Revolutionary Communists of America
Ukraine	Комуна Komuna	Commune
Venezuela	Lucha de Clases	Class Struggle	Popular Revolutionary Alternative^[21]