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The '''Revolutionary Communist International''' (RCI), formerly known as the '''International Marxist Tendency'''<ref>{{Web citation|author=International Marxist Tendency|newspaper=In Defence of Marxism|title=It is time to launch a Revolutionary Communist International!|date=2024-02-12|url=https://www.marxist.com/it-is-time-to-launch-a-revolutionary-communist-international.htm}}</ref> (IMT) is a [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] political international founded after [[Ted Grant]] and his followers broke from the [[Committee for a Workers' International]]. The RCI is active in over 40 countries. The RCI shares many similarities with a [[cult]] and engages in cult-building tactics to grow its influence.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Katsfoter|newspaper=Red Clarion|title=The Cult-Building Tendency|date=2024-04-02|url=https://clarion.unity-struggle-unity.org/2024-04-02-the-cult-building-tendency/}}</ref> | The '''Revolutionary Communist International''' (RCI), formerly known as the '''International Marxist Tendency'''<ref>{{Web citation|author=International Marxist Tendency|newspaper=In Defence of Marxism|title=It is time to launch a Revolutionary Communist International!|date=2024-02-12|url=https://www.marxist.com/it-is-time-to-launch-a-revolutionary-communist-international.htm}}</ref> (IMT) is a [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] political international founded after [[Ted Grant]] and his followers broke from the [[Committee for a Workers' International]]. The RCI is active in over 40 countries. The RCI shares many similarities with a [[cult]] and engages in cult-building tactics to grow its influence.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Katsfoter|newspaper=Red Clarion|title=The Cult-Building Tendency|date=2024-04-02|url=https://clarion.unity-struggle-unity.org/2024-04-02-the-cult-building-tendency/}}</ref> | ||
An Infamous example of the RCI's rigid dogmatism and cult-like beliefs, | An Infamous example of the RCI's rigid dogmatism and cult-like beliefs, the RCI rejects the theory of the Big Bang, as they claim it is in contradiction with dialectical materialism.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Donald Parkinson|newspaper=Cosmonaut|title=Letter: The Dead Will Not Be Raised|date=2025-11-17|url=https://cosmonautmag.com/2025/11/letter-the-dead-will-not-be-raised/|quote=Today, sectarian organizations like the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) hold revisionist lines on the Big Bang theory[...]}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Ben Curry|newspaper=In Defence of Marxism|title=The Big Bang: Shoehorning the Facts to Fit the Theory|date=2023-02-24|url=https://marxist.com/the-big-bang-shoehorning-the-facts-to-fit-the-theory.htm|quote=But we are convinced that the irrational side of the theory—the idealistic notion of an origin to the universe; of a moment of creation of matter, space and time; and all the absurd mathematical patch ups that keep the theory going—all that will be forced to give way under the weight of observational evidence, and scientists will once more recognize that the universe is infinite and eternal, and that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.}}</ref> | ||
== Sections == | == Sections == | ||
* [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland| | * [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|Britain]] - Revolutionary Communist Party; previously [[Socialist Appeal]] under the IMT. | ||
* [[United States of America|USA]] - Revolutionary Communists of America; section of the RCI in the United States. | * [[Ireland]] - Revolutionary Communists of Ireland; section of the RCI in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Revolutionary Communists of Ireland|title=What we stand for|url=https://communism.ie/about-us/|retrieved=2026-06-30|quote=The Revolutionary Communists of Ireland march towards this goal alongside our comrades of the Revolutionary Communist International all around the world, under the revolutionary banner of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky and Connolly.}}</ref> | ||
* [[Canada]] - Revolutionary Communist Party (Canada);<ref>{{Web citation|author=RCP|newspaper=Newswire|title=A new Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) is being founded|date=2024-04-04|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/a-new-revolutionary-communist-party-rcp-is-being-founded-886527638.html|quote=The RCP is part of the Revolutionary Communist International}}</ref> previously Fightback. | * [[United States of America|USA]] - Revolutionary Communists of America; section of the RCI in the United States. | ||
* [[Pakistan]] - انقلابی کمیونسٹ پارٹی, or Inqalabi Communist Party (RCP);<ref>{{Web citation|author=Kiam Bellam|newspaper=In Defence of Marxism|title=Pakistan: first Congress of the Inqalabi Communist Party – preparing to fight imperialism|date=2026-04-08|url=https://marxist.com/pakistan-first-congress-of-the-inquilabi-communist-party-preparing-to-fight-imperialism.htm|retrieved=2026-07-01|quote=4-5 April marked the first Congress of the Inqalabi Communist Party, the Pakistani section of the Revolutionary Communist International.}}</ref> previously Lal Salam under the IMT. | |||
* [[Canada]] - Revolutionary Communist Party (Canada);<ref>{{Web citation|author=RCP|newspaper=Newswire|title=A new Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) is being founded|date=2024-04-04|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/a-new-revolutionary-communist-party-rcp-is-being-founded-886527638.html|quote=The RCP is part of the Revolutionary Communist International}}</ref> previously Fightback under the IMT. | |||
* [[Germany]] - [[Revolutionary Communist Party (Germany)|Revolutionäre Kommunistische Partei (RKP)]];<ref>{{Web citation|author=Der Kommunist editorial board|newspaper=Der Kommunist|title=Was ist die Revolutionäre Kommunistische Partei?|date=2024-10-23|url=https://derkommunist.de/was-ist-die-revolutionaere-kommunistische-partei/|retrieved=2026-07-01|quote=Wir gründen die Revolutionäre Kommunistische Partei als deutsche Sektion der Revolutionären Kommunistischen Internationale.}}</ref> previously Der Funke under the IMT. | |||
* [[France]] - Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire (PCR);<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire|title=Qui sommes-nous ?|url=https://www.marxiste.org/notre-parti/qui-sommes-nous|retrieved=2026-7-1|quote=Nous sommes aussi – et d’abord – la section française de l'Internationale Communiste Révolutionnaire}}</ref> previously Révolution under the IMT. | |||
* [[Denmark]] - Revolutionært Kommunistisk Parti (RKP);<ref>{{Web citation|author=Revolutionært Kommunistisk Parti|newspaper=Revolution|title=Vi er den kommunistiske generation|date=2024-08-24|url=https://marxist.dk/program-for-rkp-vi-er-den-kommunistiske-generation/|retrieved=2026-07-01|quote=I manifestet for vores Internationale, Revolutionary Communist International, har vi grundigt analyseret den nuværende epokes karakter på et internationalt og generelt plan og kommunisters opgave deri.}}</ref> previously Revolution under the IMT. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:34, 30 June 2026
Revolutionary Communist International | |
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| Abbreviation | RCI |
| Leader | Alan Woods |
| Founder | Ted Grant |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Political orientation | Trotskyism |
| Website | |
| www.marxist.com | |
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The Revolutionary Communist International (RCI), formerly known as the International Marxist Tendency[1] (IMT) is a Trotskyist political international founded after Ted Grant and his followers broke from the Committee for a Workers' International. The RCI is active in over 40 countries. The RCI shares many similarities with a cult and engages in cult-building tactics to grow its influence.[2]
An Infamous example of the RCI's rigid dogmatism and cult-like beliefs, the RCI rejects the theory of the Big Bang, as they claim it is in contradiction with dialectical materialism.[3][4]
Sections[edit | edit source]
- Britain - Revolutionary Communist Party; previously Socialist Appeal under the IMT.
- Ireland - Revolutionary Communists of Ireland; section of the RCI in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.[5]
- USA - Revolutionary Communists of America; section of the RCI in the United States.
- Pakistan - انقلابی کمیونسٹ پارٹی, or Inqalabi Communist Party (RCP);[6] previously Lal Salam under the IMT.
- Canada - Revolutionary Communist Party (Canada);[7] previously Fightback under the IMT.
- Germany - Revolutionäre Kommunistische Partei (RKP);[8] previously Der Funke under the IMT.
- France - Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire (PCR);[9] previously Révolution under the IMT.
- Denmark - Revolutionært Kommunistisk Parti (RKP);[10] previously Revolution under the IMT.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ International Marxist Tendency (2024-02-12). "It is time to launch a Revolutionary Communist International!" In Defence of Marxism.
- ↑ Katsfoter (2024-04-02). "The Cult-Building Tendency" Red Clarion.
- ↑ “Today, sectarian organizations like the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) hold revisionist lines on the Big Bang theory[...]”
Donald Parkinson (2025-11-17). "Letter: The Dead Will Not Be Raised" Cosmonaut. - ↑ “But we are convinced that the irrational side of the theory—the idealistic notion of an origin to the universe; of a moment of creation of matter, space and time; and all the absurd mathematical patch ups that keep the theory going—all that will be forced to give way under the weight of observational evidence, and scientists will once more recognize that the universe is infinite and eternal, and that matter can neither be created nor destroyed.”
Ben Curry (2023-02-24). "The Big Bang: Shoehorning the Facts to Fit the Theory" In Defence of Marxism. - ↑ “The Revolutionary Communists of Ireland march towards this goal alongside our comrades of the Revolutionary Communist International all around the world, under the revolutionary banner of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky and Connolly.”
"What we stand for". Revolutionary Communists of Ireland. Retrieved 2026-06-30. - ↑ “4-5 April marked the first Congress of the Inqalabi Communist Party, the Pakistani section of the Revolutionary Communist International.”
Kiam Bellam (2026-04-08). "Pakistan: first Congress of the Inqalabi Communist Party – preparing to fight imperialism" In Defence of Marxism. Retrieved 2026-07-01. - ↑ “The RCP is part of the Revolutionary Communist International”
RCP (2024-04-04). "A new Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) is being founded" Newswire. - ↑ “Wir gründen die Revolutionäre Kommunistische Partei als deutsche Sektion der Revolutionären Kommunistischen Internationale.”
Der Kommunist editorial board (2024-10-23). "Was ist die Revolutionäre Kommunistische Partei?" Der Kommunist. Retrieved 2026-07-01. - ↑ “Nous sommes aussi – et d’abord – la section française de l'Internationale Communiste Révolutionnaire”
"Qui sommes-nous ?". Parti Communiste Révolutionnaire. Retrieved 2026-7-1. - ↑ “I manifestet for vores Internationale, Revolutionary Communist International, har vi grundigt analyseret den nuværende epokes karakter på et internationalt og generelt plan og kommunisters opgave deri.”
Revolutionært Kommunistisk Parti (2024-08-24). "Vi er den kommunistiske generation" Revolution. Retrieved 2026-07-01.