Revolutionary Workers' Party (Trotskyist)
- There was also a Revolutionary Workers' Party (Trotskyist) in Peru.
Revolutionary Workers' Party (Trotskyist) | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1962 |
| Split from | Revolutionary Socialist League |
| Succeeded by | Socialist Union (Internationalist) |
| Newspaper | Red Flag |
| Ideology | Posadism |
The Revolutionary Workers' Party (Trotskyist) was a socialist political party in the United Kingdom, based in Birmingham.[1]
It was founded in 1963 by members of the Revolutionary Socialist League who supported the Fourth International of J. Posadas when it split from the International Secretariat of the Fourth International.[2] The group began working on the European Marxist Review and publishing Red Flag. It later supported Sinn Féin, the Black Panther Party and also worked within Labour Party Young Socialists.
In the early 1970s, the party suffered a major split, with supporters of Dave Douglass leaving to form the Socialist Union (Internationalist).
The remainder of the party remained loyal to Posadas' line; it continued with a very low level of activity after his death in 1981, and continued to publish Red Flag intermittently until the year 2000.[2]
References
- ^ Peter Barberis, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations, London: Frances Pinter, 2000
- ^ a b http://posadiststoday.com/775-2/