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| Founded | April 1992 |
| Split from | Militant tendency |
| Preceded by | Socialist Appeal Revolution (Scotland) |
| Newspaper | The Communist |
| Youth wing | Marxist Student Federation |
| Membership | 1,200[1] |
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The Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) (formerly Socialist Appeal) is a communist political party in Britain, and the British section of the International Marxist Tendency (IMT). The party was founded as Socialist Appeal in 1992 alongside the IMT by supporters of Ted Grant and Alan Woods after they were expelled from the Militant tendency of the Labour Party.[4] The organisation relaunched itself in May 2024 as the Revolutionary Communist Party.[5]
The Party's aim is to "[organise] the most resolute, class-conscious workers and youth in the fight for a communist future – one in which society is ran by and for ordinary people, not a handful of super-rich-parasites."[6] It described its politics as descending from Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.[7]
From 21 January 2024, the Party began publishing its fortnightly newspaper The Communist which was a merger of Socialist Appeal and the Scottish IMT newspaper, Revolution.[8] The organisation also produces books, pamphlets, magazines and other Marxist educational material, sold through the Wellred Books Britain bookstore, which it operates.[9]
In 2013, the Party officially launched its youth wing, the Marxist Student Federation (MSF), to provide a "national platform for Marxist ideas in the student movement."[10] As of 2022, the MSF claims a presence at over 50 campuses across Britain,[11] focused on political discussions at university Marxist societies, as well as campaigning within the labour movement.[12]
At present, the Party claims to have 1,200 members spread across over 100 local branches.[13]
- ^ https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/66095/revolutionary-communists-are-plotting-a-comeback
- ^ https://communist.red/in-defence-of-genuine-leninism/
- ^ https://communist.red/why-we-are-communists/
- ^ 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.
- ^ https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/66095/revolutionary-communists-are-plotting-a-comeback
- ^ https://communist.red/about-us/
- ^ "About us". In Defence of Marxism. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "Goodbye Revolution, The Communist is Here". Revolution. January 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "About Us". Wellred Books. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Student, Marxist (4 October 2013). "Marxist Student Federation off to a flying start | Marxist Student Federation". Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "Find your Marxist Society | Marxist Student Federation". 9 September 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Federation, Marxist Student (8 December 2022). "Marxist Student Federation: The voice of the labour movement on campus". Socialist Appeal. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/66095/revolutionary-communists-are-plotting-a-comeback
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