Revolutionary Communists of America | |
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| Abbreviation | RCA |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Newspaper | The Communist |
| Membership (2024) | 630[1] |
| Ideology | Communism Trotskyism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | International Marxist Tendency |
| Website | |
| communistusa.org | |
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The Revolutionary Communists of America (RCA), is the US section of the International Marxist Tendency (IMT), a Trotskyist political international.
History
In 1998, supporters of the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) in the United States created the group as Youth for International Socialism, which published New Youth.[2] In June 2002, the group renamed itself to the Workers' International League (WIL) was held and its newspaper to Socialist Appeal, by which name the group was better known.[3] In 2017, the WIL renamed its newspaper to Socialist Revolution (SR), by which name the group was better known.[4] In 2024, the WIL renamed itself to the Revolutionary Communists of America and its newspaper to The Communist,[5] as part of an IMT-wide rebranding that uses orthodox Communist nomenclature and symbols such as the hammer and sickle.[6]
After the rapid growth of the Democratic Socialists of America following the 2016 United States presidential election, many SR members joined DSA chapters.[7] In contrast to the DSA's current strategy, in which virtually all elected DSA endorsees won on the Democratic Party ballot line, SR members demand "an immediate and total break with the Democrats".[8]
Positions
The conservative website Campus Reform negatively covered the SR's "Socialist Solution to Fight COVID-19" events[9] and "Marxist School" events,[10] where the TPUSA reporter noted that the Socialist Revolution organizers "allegedly called for a revolution".[10]
Both the IMT as a whole and the RCA in particular deny the Big Bang, which RCA calls "an idealistic notion of an origin to the universe"[11] and a "modern creation myth".[12]
The World Socialist Web Site, a member of competing Trotskyist political international International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI), called SR a "pseudo-left organisation" for using the phrase "Russian imperialism".[13]
References
- ^ "It is time to launch a Revolutionary Communist International!". February 12, 2024. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024.
Our rate of growth (almost 40 percent in the past year) is above anything we have seen before. Having crossed the 5,000-member mark in October 2023, we rocketed past 6,000 comrades across the globe in January 2024. The British comrades were the first to cross the 1,000 threshold – but given the levels of growth in last year in sections like Italy (25 percent, to 515 comrades), Canada (70 percent, to 668 comrades) and the USA (85 percent, to 630 members), they will not be alone for long!
- ^ "About Us". Youth for International Socialism. 2000. Archived from the original on April 11, 2000.
- ^ "Editorial to Special Issue of Socialist Appeal (July, 2002)". Socialist Appeal. Socialist Revolution. July 2002. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ Peterson, John (July 16, 2017). "Editorial: It's Time for Socialist Revolution". Socialist Revolution. Socialist Revolution. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ "Class Fighters Gather Across the US to Launch the Revolutionary Communists of America". Socialist Revolution. February 26, 2024. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
- ^ Flakin, Nathaniel (February 26, 2024). "Are You a Communist? Then Let's Talk about the IMT". Left Voice. Left Voice. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
- ^ Trottier, Tom; Balmer, Antonio (15 June 2021). "What Kind of Party Are We Fighting For? A Reply to Comrades in DSA". Socialist Revolution.
- ^ Brancaccio, Nick; Wilson, Robert; White, Sarah (November 7, 2020). "USA: break with the Democrats! A resolution presented to Phoenix DSA". Archived from the original on November 7, 2020.
- ^ Dallmeyer, Mckenna (March 1, 2022). "This Marxist group thinks socialism can solve COVID-19". Campus Reform.
- ^ a b Cason, Caroline (October 24, 2022). "Universities host 'Marxist Schools' sponsored by international revolutionary organization".
- ^ Curry, Ben (April 4, 2023). "The Big Bang: Shoehorning the Facts to Fit the Theory". Archived from the original on April 5, 2023.
But we are convinced that the irrational side of the [Big Bang] 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.
- ^ Garcia Colin, David; Angerer, Vincent (November 21, 2022). "The James Webb Telescope: An Eye onto a Universe, Infinite in Time and Space". Archived from the original on November 22, 2022.
But far from exalting God's creation, the JWST is now beginning to send back data that poses serious difficulties for that modern creation myth: the Big Bang theory. As it looks deeper into space, it is beginning to challenge long-held prejudices about the origin and development of the universe and shedding a brilliant light on profound and important scientific and philosophical questions.
- ^ Shilton, Jordan (March 9, 2022). "Pseudo-left International Marxist Tendency provides cover for imperialist powers in conflict with Russia". World Socialist Website. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022.