Revolutionary Internationalist Organisation
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Revolutionäre Internationalistische Organisation Revolutionary Internationalist Organization | |
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| Founded | 2007 (as iRevo) 2010 (as RIO) |
| Split from | REVOLUTION |
| Newspaper | Klasse Gegen Klasse |
| Student wing | Organize: Strike Marxistische Jugend - Waffen der Kritik |
| Youth wing | Revolutionäre Kommunistische Jugend |
| Women's wing | Brot und Rosen |
| Ideology | Trotskyism Revolutionary Socialism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International |
| Colours | Red |
| Website | |
| klassegegenklasse.org | |
The Revolutionary Internationalist Organization (RIO) is a German trotskyist organization. Its origins lie in Independent Revolution or iRevo, a tendency within the youth organization REVOLUTION, consisting of the sections in Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Australia. They left REVOLUTION in 2007, refusing to remain affiliated to the League for the Fifth International, forming a separate international of youth organisations while keeping the REVOLUTION name. The Australian section soon became inactive.
In 2009 iRevo members joined the New Left Anti-Capitalist Party of the Czech Republic, but were expelled because of differences with the party leadership. In that year they completely abandoned REVOLUTION and in January 2010 they founded their own organization under the name of Revolutionary Internationalist Organization (RIO), at the same time that they decided to promote a larger Trotskyist organization due to what they considered to be programmatic limits with respect to the orientation of REVOLUTION for its emphasis on purely student work.[1]
RIO was thus born as a trinational organization having a presence in Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic,[2] although over time these two branches would merge with that of Germany; likewise, its members participated in demonstrations and student strikes during 2009 and 2010.[3] It is in this context that RIO would come into contact with the magazine Internationaler Klassenkampf (International Class Struggle) close to the Trotskyist Fraction - Fourth International (TF-FI) and begin an approach that would lead it to have greater agreement with that tendency.[1] After a prolonged period of discussion, in August 2011, RIO would attend the TF-FI Conference held that year in Buenos Aires, where it would be admitted as a sympathising section;[4] two years later, it would be added as a full section.[5]
Currently the RIO has a presence in Berlin and Munich, has participated in mobilizations against racism[6] and the advance of the far-right in Germany,[7] it supports the struggle for the self-determination of Kurdistan[8] and promotes the digital newspaper Klasse Gegen Klasse (Class against Class) in German[9] and with a sub-portal in Turkish.
References
- ^ a b "Revolutionary Internationalist Organization » RIO joins The Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International (FT-CI) as sympathizing sections".
- ^ http://www.pts.org.ar/Acto-internacionalista-15803 "Entre los presentes habrá compañeros [...] de RIO (Organización Internacionalista Revolucionaria) de Alemania, Suiza y República Checa"
- ^ https://www.klassegegenklasse.org/der-bildungsstreik/ Der Bildungsstreik
- ^ http://www.pts.org.ar/El-desarrollo-de-la-crisis-capitalista-y-las-nuevas-posibilidades-de-intervencion-en-la-lucha-de "A su vez, la reunión adoptó entre sus resoluciones la incorporación como sección simpatizante del grupo RIO de Alemania y la República Checa"
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Grupo RIO de Alemania en el Acto internacionalista organizado por el PTS en el Frente de Izquierda. YouTube.
- ^ "Klasse Gegen Klasse - Jugend gegen Rassismus gründet sich in Hannover!".
- ^ "Klasse Gegen Klasse - "Die AfD ist ein Teil dieses Systems" – Videokommentar zu den Bundestagswahlen".
- ^ "Klasse Gegen Klasse - Kurdische Frauen auf dem Weg zur Befreiung?".
- ^ "Klasse Gegen Klasse - Wer wir sind".