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Revolutionary Communist International
AbbreviationRCI
LeaderTed Grant (1992-2006)
FounderTed Grant
FoundedCommittee for a Marxist International (1992)
International Marxist Tendency (2004)
Revolutionary Communist International (2024)
Split fromCommittee for a Workers' International
HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom
NewspaperIn Defence of Marxism[1]
Membership8,000 (claimed in 2026)[2]
26 affiliated groups (2017)[3]
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
Colors  Red
Website
www.marxist.com

The Revolutionary Communist International (RCI) is a Trotskyist political international. Founded as the Committee for a Marxist International (CMI) by British-based South African political theorist Ted Grant and his supporters after a break with the Committee for a Workers' International in 1992, it was subsequently renamed the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) in 2004 before adopting its current name in June 2024. The organisation's website, Marxist.com, is edited by Alan Woods.[citation needed] The site is multilingual, and publishes international current affairs articles written from a Marxist perspective, as well as historical and theoretical articles.

Background

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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 Liverpool City Council. 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.[4][5][6] Ted Grant was a longtime leader of Militant until it split in early 1992 over a number of issues and he was expelled. In 1992, Grant and his supporters formed the Socialist Appeal (SA) in Britain.[7] The SA were expelled from the Labour Party in 2021 as part of a wider purge of left wing groups who had supported the previous Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, with any Labour member being found to be a member of Socialist Appeal could be automatically removed.[8]

History

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The IMT was founded in 1992 in Tarragona.[9] Ted Grant's reputation helped build the organisation, and he served as its leader from 1992 until 2006.[10]

At its World Congress in 2004, the organisation was renamed the International Marxist Tendency (IMT).[11]

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 (Partido Comunista Revolucionario). In January 2010, these organisations, together with the group in Colombia and the Mexican section, broke with the IMT and established a new international body, the Izquierda Revolucionaria (Revolutionary Left).[12][13] Minorities in Venezuela and Spain chose to remain with the IMT and set up new sections.[14]

The new IMT Venezuelan section launched their newspaper, Lucha de Clases, in April 2010.[15] 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[who?] left the IMT to form a new group called Towards a New International Tendency.[16][non-primary source needed] 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.[17][non-primary source needed] Between 2011 and 2016, the group also lost affiliates in Australia, Ireland, and Peru but gained an affiliation from South Africa.[18]

As part of a wider reorganisation of its sections, the International Marxist Tendency became the Revolutionary Communist International at a conference in June 2024. Sections in Britain, Canada, and Ireland had already refounded themselves as the Revolutionary Communist Party, with sections in the USA and Pakistan planning to refound themselves in future.[19]

In 2024, two former members of the Swedish section of the international, Revolutionära kommunistiska partiet (RKP), made various allegations in the newspaper ETC, including that they had been sexually abused by a member of the party's executive 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."[20] A Malmö-based publication, Magasinet Konkret, while critical of the RKP's politics, noted that the alleged abuser was asked to resign, while the party denied the other claims. Magasinet Konkret also disagreed with some of the characterisations made in the ETC report, such as the RKP having internal disciplinary processes being unusual for a political organisation, as well as noting the lack of substantiation of some of the more serious allegations.[21] When asked for a comment, the RKP stated they have "zero-tolerance to violence and harassment in the party", that their investigation had been inconclusive but the alleged abuser had already resigned beforehand after being asked to do so because they "did not show the responsibility that one would expect from a leading comrade".[22]

Revolutionary Communist International posters in Mexico City, 2025

References

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  1. ↑ "About us". In Defence of Marxism. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Kent, Harry (3 July 2026). "Building the International: Germany, Finland, and the World School of Communism". The Communist. Revolutionary Communist Party. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Kelly, John (14 March 2018). Contemporary Trotskyism: Parties, Sects and Social Movements in Britain. London: Routledge. p. 218. ISBN 9781315671048.
  4. ↑ "Who, What, Why: What was Militant?". BBC News. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Wintour, Patrick (16 July 2014). "Labour Picks Fight With Militant Tendency". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Kinnock Moves Against Militant". BBC News. 27 November 1985. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  7. ↑ Wade, Bob (27 July 2006). "Obituary: Ted Grant". The Guardian.
  8. ↑ Mason, Rowena (20 July 2021). "Labour votes to ban four far-left factions that supported Corbyn's leadership". The Guardian.
  9. ↑ Giardiello, Alessandro. "Our origins and history: the unbroken thread of revolutionary communism". In Defence of Marxism. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Kelly, John (14 March 2018). Contemporary Trotskyism: Parties, Sects and Social Movements in Britain. London: Routledge. pp. 223–224. ISBN 9781315671048.
  11. ↑ "Conference of the international Marxist tendency: An historic meeting". In Defence of Marxism. 10 September 2004. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Oil-slick divisions". Weekly Worker. No. 804. Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee). 11 February 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  13. ↑ "Revolutionary Marxist Current". Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  14. ↑ "Corriente Marxista Internacional – Venezuela". Lucha de Clases. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  15. ↑ "New Venezuelan IMT website and paper launched". In Defence of Marxism. 12 April 2010.
  16. ↑ "Towards A New International Tendency". Towards a New International Tendency. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  17. ↑ "Committee for Marxist Revival". Marxist Revival. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  18. ↑ Kelly, John (14 March 2018). Contemporary Trotskyism: Parties, Sects and Social Movements in Britain. London: Routledge. p. 222. ISBN 9781315671048.
  19. ↑ In Defence of Marxism (15 June 2024). "The Revolutionary Communist International has arrived!". In Defence of Marxism. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "Kommunistparti med egen domstol mörkar sexuella övergrepp: "Genuint farlig grupp"" [Communist Party with its own court covers up sexual abuse: "Genuinely dangerous group"]. Dagens ETC (in Swedish). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  21. ↑ Bergmark, Stefan (11 August 2024). "Vänstercirkusen: Låt högern behålla sin kommunistskräck" [The Left Circus: Let the Right Keep Its Communist Fear]. Magasinet Konkret (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  22. ↑ emanuel-hendal; carolina-lundin (26 July 2024). "Kommunistparti med egen domstol mörkar sexuella övergrepp: "Genuint farlig grupp"". Dagens ETC (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 September 2025.
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