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International Marxist Tendency | |
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Abbreviation | IMT |
Leader | Alan Woods |
Founder | Ted Grant |
Founded | 1992 (as Committee for a Marxist International) |
Split from | Committee for a Workers' International |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-left |
Colors | Red |
Party flag | |
Website | |
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The International Marxist Tendency (IMT) is a Trotskyist political international founded by British-based South African political theorist Ted Grant and his supporters after they broke with the Committee for a Workers' International in 1992. The organization's website, Marxist.com or In Defence of Marxism, is edited by Alan Woods. The site is multilingual, and publishes international current affairs articles written from a Marxist perspective, as well as many historical and theoretical articles.
The IMT has announced it will relaunch itself as the Revolutionary Communist International at its World School of Communism in June 2024. [1]
Militant (also known as the 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 Labour Party in Liverpool. It became the largest Trotskyist group in Europe. 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. [2] [3] [4]
Ted Grant was a longtime leader of Militant until it split in early 1992 over a number of issues and he was expelled But he and his supporters were expelled from the tendency and formed Socialist Appeal in Britain. [5]
At its World Congress in 2004, the organisation was renamed the International Marxist Tendency (IMT). [6]
Country | Name | English name | National affiliation |
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Argentina | Revolución | Revolution | |
Austria | Der Funke | The Spark | Socialist Youth Austria |
Australia | Revolution Australia | ||
Bangladesh | IMT বাংলাদেশ IMT Bānlādēśa | IMT Bangladesh | |
Belgium |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | Crveni Црвени | Reds | |
Brazil | Organização Comunista Internacionalista | Internationalist Communist Organisation | |
Revolutionary Communist Party [7]
| Revolutionary Communist Party | ||
Chile | CMI - Octubre | IMT - October | |
Czech Republic Slovakia | Komunistická Avantgarda | Communist Vanguard | |
Colombia | Colombia Marxista | Marxist Colombia | |
Denmark | Revolutionære Socialister | Revolutionary Socialists | |
El Salvador | Bloque Popular Juvenil | United Front of the Youth | |
Finland | Vallankumos | Revolution | |
France | Révolution | Revolution | |
Germany | Der Funke | The Spark | The Left |
United Kingdom | Revolutionary Communist Party | ||
Greece | Επαναστατική Κομμουνιστική Οργάνωση Epanastatikí Kommounistikí Orgánosi | Revolutionary Communist Organisation | |
Guatemala | Bloque Popular Juvenil | Youth Popular Block | |
Honduras | Izquierda Marxista | Marxist Left | |
Hungary | Fáklya | Torch | |
India | Bolshevik IMT India | Bolshevik IMT India | |
Indonesia | Perhimpunan Sosialis Revolusioner | Revolutionary Socialist Assembly | |
Ireland | Irish Marxists | ||
Italy | Sinistra Classe Rivoluzione | Left, Class, Revolution | |
Malaysia | Ombak Revolusi | Waves of Revolution | |
Mexico | La Izquierda Socialista | The Socialist Left | National Regeneration Movement |
Morocco | رابطة العمل الشيوعي Rābita al-'amal al-shuyu'ī | Communist League | |
Netherlands | Revolutie | Revolution | |
New Zealand | Socialist Appeal | ||
Nigeria | Workers' Alternative | ||
Norway | Revolusjon | Revolution | |
Latvia | Starptautiskā Marksista Tendence - Latviešu Sekcija | International Marxist Tendency - Latvian Section | |
Pakistan | لال سلام Lal Salaam | Red Salute | |
Peru | CMI Perù | IMT Perù | |
Poland | Czerwony front | Red Front | |
Portugal | Colectivo Marxista | Marxist Collective | |
Sri Lanka | සමාජවාදී දියුණුව Samājavādī Diyuṇuva | Forward Socialist | |
South Africa | Revolution | ||
Spain | Lucha de Clases
| Class Struggle
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Sweden | Revolutionära Kommunistiska Partiet | Revolutionary Communist Party | |
Switzerland | In German Switzerland: Revolutionäre Kommunistische Partei In Romandy: Parti communiste révolutionnaire | Revolutionary Communist Party | Young Socialists Switzerland |
Syria | البديل الماركسي - سوريا ِAl-Badīl al-Marksī - Sūriyā | Marxist Alternative - Syria | |
Singapore | Marxist League Singapore | ||
Taiwan | 火花 Huǒhuā | The Spark | |
Thailand | IMT ประเทศไทย IMT Pratheṣ̄thịy | IMT Thailand | |
Timor-Leste | Marxista Revolusionariu | Revolutionary Marxist | |
Turkey | Sosyalist Devrim | Socialist Revolution | |
United States | Revolutionary Communists of America | ||
Ukraine | Комуна Komuna | Commune | |
Venezuela | Lucha de Clases | Class Struggle | Popular Revolutionary Alternative [8] |
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