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Revolutionary Communist Party | |
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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.[5] The organisation relaunched itself in May 2024 as the Revolutionary Communist Party.[6]
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."[7] It described its politics as descending from Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky.[8]
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.[9] The organisation also produces books, pamphlets, magazines and other Marxist educational material, sold through the Wellred Books Britain bookstore, which it operates.[10]
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."[11] As of 2022, the MSF claims a presence at over 50 campuses across Britain,[12] focused on political discussions at university Marxist societies, as well as campaigning within the labour movement.[13]
At present, the Party claims to have 1,200 members spread across over 100 local branches.[14]
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