Revolutionary Communists of America

The Revolutionary Communists of America (RCA) is a Trotskyist communist political party in the United States. It is the American section of the Revolutionary Communist International (RCI), a Trotskyist international that rebranded from the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) in June 2024.

Logo used when the group was Socialist Revolution (2017–2024).

In 1998, supporters of the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) in the United States created the group as Youth for International Socialism (YFIS), which published New Youth. ^[1] In June 2002, YFIS renamed itself to the Workers' International League (WIL) and its newspaper to Socialist Appeal. The group was usually known as Socialist Appeal (SA). ^[2] In 2017, WIL renamed its newspaper to Socialist Revolution. The group was usually known as Socialist Revolution (SR). ^[3] In 2024, WIL renamed itself to the Revolutionary Communists of America and its newspaper to The Communist, ^{[4] [5] [6]} as part of an IMT-wide rebranding from Trotskyist labels & symbols to more generic communist labels & hammer and sickle symbols. IMT itself renamed to the Revolutionary Communist International (RCI) in 2025. ^{[7] [6] [8]}

The Internationalist Group have criticized the RCA for supporting figures such as Bernie Sanders and involvement with the Democratic Socialists of America, which they characterize as reformist rather than revolutionary. The Internationalist Group has also criticized the RCA and its international affiliate, the Revolutionary Communist International, for positions it describes as insufficiently oppositional to U.S. imperialism and for previously supporting unionization efforts among police and prison guards. ^[9]

According to Fox News, about 300 people marched in the streets of Philadelphia in July 2024, the same weekend the party reported to have held its founding congress. ^[10] A video clip of the march received substantial media attention after being retweeted by Elon Musk. In August 2024 a digitally altered photo of presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz circulated showing the pair taking a selfie in front of an RCA banner but was confirmed to be fake by Reuters. ^[11]

References

1. "About Us". Youth for International Socialism. 2000. Archived from the original on April 11, 2000.
2. "Editorial to Special Issue of Socialist Appeal (July 2002)". Socialist Appeal. Workers International League. 2002-07-04. Archived from the original on 2011-11-30.
3. Peterson, John (July 16, 2017). "Editorial: It's Time for Socialist Revolution". Socialist Revolution. Workers International League.
5. "Class Fighters Gather Across the US to Launch the Revolutionary Communists of America". Socialist Revolution. Workers' International League. February 26, 2024. Archived from the original on 2024-02-28.
6. Montelibano, Joaquin (2025). "A Taxonomy of Contemporary American Trotskyist Organizations" (PDF). University Repository at Boston College (Senior thesis). Boston College. Revolutionary Communists of America changed their name from the International Marxist Tendency, following their international organization make the same change from IMT to Revolutionary Communist International, with the hope of attracting a mass of freefloating youth autodidacts attracted to the word 'communist' (H 2024).
7. Flakin, Nathaniel (February 26, 2024). "Are You a Communist? Then Let's Talk about the IMT". Left Voice. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024.
8. Chaffin, Joshua (2025-09-27). "The Rise of America's Young Socialists—From the 2008 Financial Crisis to Mamdani". The Wall Street Journal .
9. Youth, Revolutionary Internationalist. "From Bernie Boosters to "Revolutionary Communists of America"". www.internationalist.org. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
10. Norman, Greg (2024-07-30). "Video captures communists marching in Philadelphia, chanting for a 'class war'". Fox News. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
11. "Fact Check: Video of Harris and Walz posing beside a communist poster is altered". Reuters. August 19, 2024.

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