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Revolutionary Communist Party | |
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| Abbreviation | RCP |
| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Founded | 2024 |
| Preceded by | Socialist Appeal |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Newspaper | The Communist |
| Student wing | Marxist Student Federation |
| Membership (2024) | 1500 |
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| Political position | Far-Left |
| International affiliation | International Marxist Tendency |
| Colors | Red |
| Slogan | Workers of the world, unite! |
| Anthem | The Internationale |
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Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) is a Trotskyist Communist political party in Great Britain and British section of the International Marxist Tendency. It describes itself as a "Marxist organisation which stands for the socialist transformation of society." Its stated aim is to build a revolutionary leadership capable of leading the working class in a struggle against capitalism.[1]
It was founded by the members of Socialist Appeal in DAY MONTH of 2024 as an official successor to it.
The Communist is a fortnightly newspaper published by the party. RCP also produces books, pamphlets, magazines and other Marxist educational material, sold through the Wellred Books Britain bookstore, which it operates.[2]
The RCP describes its politics as descending from Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Ted Grant.[3]
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In 2013, Socialist Appeal officially launched its student wing, the Marxist Student Federation (MSF), to provide a "national platform for Marxist ideas in the student movement."[4] As of 2022, the MSF claims a presence at over 50 campuses across Britain.[5] The student wing of Socialist Appeal focuses on political discussions at university Marxist societies, as well as campaigning within the labour movement.[6]
In 2024 during the founding congress of the party MSF became the student wing of the RCP as an result of an dissolvement of Socialist Appeal and founding of the RCP as it's official successor.
History[edit]
In July 2021, the Labour Party's National Executive Committee banned Socialist Appeal and ruled that its members could be automatically expelled from the Labour Party.[7][8]
In early 2023, members of the British section of the International Marxist Tendency launched the 'Are you a communist? Then get organised.' recruitment campaign, in an attempt to reach 1000 members in Britain.[9]
This campaign was soon after adopted by all other sections of the International Marxist Tendency.
At Revolution Festival 2023 on eleventh of November Rob Sewell announced the achievement of the milestone of 1000 members and currently having 1101 members. Minutes before that he announced the renaming of the newspaper Socialist Appeal to The Communist since January 2024 and the founding congress of the Revolutionary Communist Party in 2024.
Economy[edit]
The Revolutionary Communist Party is in complete agreement with the classical Marxist view that capitalism inherently results in "boom and bust" cycles as a result of overproduction and thus attempts to prevent this through monetarism or Keynesianism are not possible.[10] Therefore, they believe the only solution to this is the introduction of socialism, based on a democraticly planned and nationalised economy as well as on the socialisation of its "commanding heights" (i.e. the top 150–200 financial institutions and companies). They argue that a planned economy is able to replace production on the basis of profit with production on the basis of need.[11]
Publications[edit]
The Communist refers to the fortnightly newspaper of RCP. The Communist is the central organ of the RCP. The Communist itself is an successor to the Socialist Appeal newspaper. In September 2009, the publication Socialist Appeal changed from a magazine journal format to a full colour tabloid.[12]
The party also produce and publish a number of pamphlets and books through their Wellred Books publishing arm.[13]
The Communist was also the name of the newspaper of the Communist Party of Great Britain which was produced from 1920 until 1923.
International Marxist Tendency[edit]
The Revolutionary Communist Party is the section of 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.[14][15][16]
The IMT has published a number of books by Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, Grant, Woods and others[13] and runs the multilingual website In Defence of Marxism.
Members of the RCP value the importance of theory highly and dedicate a large amount of space in their paper and website to theoretical articles.[17] The Communists's editors argues that a thorough understanding of Marxism, history, economics and politics is necessary to understand the world today.[18] They also argue that the neglect of theory in the late 1980s led to the Militant tendency turning in an ultraleft direction.[19]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Appeal, Socialist (3 January 2003). "About us". Socialist Appeal. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "About Us". Wellred Books. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ "A Brief History of the International Marxist Tendency". In Defence of Marxism. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Federation, Marxist Student (8 December 2022). "Marxist Student Federation: The voice of the labour movement on campus". Socialist Appeal. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Mason, Rowena (20 July 2021). "Labour votes to ban four far-left factions that supported Corbyn's leadership". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ Shalev, Asaf (22 July 2021). "UK Labour bans far-left factions in effort to change reputation on antisemitism". Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ Appeal, Socialist (2 June 2023). "Recruiting for revolution: painting Britain red". In Defence of Marxism. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "The Crisis: Make the bosses pay! - Manifesto of the International Marxist Tendency". Socialist Appeal. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ "What We Are Fighting For". Socialist Appeal. 8 January 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
We demand that the banks, finance houses and insurance companies are nationalised without compensation, allowing for rents and mortgages to be drastically reduced. The building industry must be nationalised in order to build the houses and amenities so desperately needed. All public utilities must be re-nationalised, ending profiteering in our essential services. The national debt must be abolished and full funding provided for public services.
- ^ Editorial Board (September 2009). "Welcome to the new look Socialist Appeal!". Socialist Appeal (177): 2.
- ^ a b "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 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.
- ^ "Marxist Theory". Socialist Appeal. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ Woods, Alan (15 October 2009). "In defence of theory — or Ignorance never yet helped anybody". In Defence of Marxism. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ Grant, Ted. "Scotland—Socialism or Nationalism? A Marxist Analysis". Retrieved 27 June 2012.