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The Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM) is an international Communist organization which upholds Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.
Founded in 1984, the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement seeks to "struggle for the formation of a Communist International of a new type, based on Marxism-Leninism-Maoism" [1]. The RIM believes that the Maoist strategy known as People's War is the most effective strategy for Marxist revolution in the developing world and actively supports parties waging people's war.
A World To Win is a theoretical journal inspired by the formation of the RIM (but not an official organ of the organization) "whose pages are open to all those on the same sides of the barricades in the fight against imperialism and reaction" [2]
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Founding members
The Revolutionary Internationalist Movement was founded at a conference on March 12, 1984. Founding parties were:
- Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran)
- Central Reorganisation Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
- Ceylon Communist Party
- Communist Collective of Agit/Prop [Italy]
- Communist Party of Colombia (Marxist-Leninist), Mao Tsetung Regional Committee
- Communist Party of Peru
- Communist Party of Turkey (Marxist-Leninist)
- Haitian Revolutionary Internationalist Group
- Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal)
- New Zealand Red Flag Group
- Nottingham Communist Group (Britain)
- Proletarian Communist Organisation, Marxist-Leninist [Italy]
- Revolutionary Communist Group of Colombia
- Leading Committee, Revolutionary Communist Party, India
- Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
- Revolutionary Communist Union [Dominican Republic]
- Stockport Communist Group (Britain)[3]
Members today
Many of these organizations are defunct or have changed their names over the years as their strength has grown.
The Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) left over differences of political line, but a (now much larger) group, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), is a member.
Indian member organisations amalgamated into the Communist Party of India (Maoist), which is not currently a member.
New forces have also entered the RIM's fold in the following years, including the Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan.
Armed conflict
Of the RIM's participating member organizations, the Maoist Communist Party (Turkey) and the Communist Party of Peru (Shining Path) are currently engaged in armed conflict. The RIM also supports revolutionary wars led by the Communist Party of the Philippines and by the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
External links
- A World to Win - a theoretical journal inspired by the formation of the RIM
- Revolution - voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, participating organization of the RIM
- Alborada Comunista - voice of the Revolutionary Communist Group of Colombia, participating organization of the RIM
- Sarbedaran.org - website of the Communist Party of Iran (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist), participating organization of the RIM
Documents from RIM
- Declaration of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement
- Long Live Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
- RIM map and Committee of the RIM (CoRIM) statements
References
- ^ http://wg1976.net/read.php?tid=22582
- ^ http://www.aworldtowin.org/index2.htm
- ^ Rawal, Bhim Bahadur. Nepalma samyabadi andolan: udbhab ra vikas. Kathmandu: Pairavi Prakashan. p. 142.
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