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Political party in the United Kingdom Not to be confused with Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 1978) or Revolutionary Communist Party (UK, 2024).

Revolutionary Communist Party
Leader	Jock Haston
Founded	1944
Dissolved	1950
Merger of	Workers' International League Revolutionary Socialist League
Succeeded by	Socialist Review Group The Club
Ideology	Trotskyism
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	Fourth International
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The Revolutionary Communist Party was a British Trotskyist group, formed in 1944 and active until 1949, which published the newspaper Socialist Appeal and a theoretical journal, Workers International News. The party was the ancestor of the three main currents of British Trotskyism: Gerry Healy's Workers Revolutionary Party, Ted Grant's Militant tendency and Tony Cliff's Socialist Workers Party.

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References

Wade, Bob (27 July 2006). "Ted Grant: Trotskyite behind the Militant Tendency's infiltration of the Labour party". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
Shipley, Peter (1983). The Militant Tendency: Trotskyism in the Labour Party. Richmond: Foreign Affairs Publishing Co. Ltd. pp. 22–23.
Grant, Ted (2002). A History of British Trotskyism. London: Wellred. p. 107.

External links

Archive of the Socialist Appeal, paper of the RCP from Bill Hunter's website
Crawford, Ted, "HO45/25486: a report on the RCP and the Trotskyist movement", Revolutionary History, May 2003. 'HO 45/25486 seems to be the main source of Special Branch records of RCP and Club activities (up to c. 1954). It is about 1000 pages or so, divided into 24 internal folders.'

Preceded byRevolutionary Socialist League

British Section of the Fourth International
1944–1949

Succeeded byThe Club

Far-left politics in the United Kingdom

Groups

Extant

Marxist–Leninist	Communist Party of Britain Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist) Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist) Communist Party of Ireland EPSR Supporters Irish Republican Socialist Party New Communist Party Revolutionary Communist Group Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist) Stalin Society Workers' Party of Ireland
Trotskyist	Alliance for Workers' Liberty Socialist Action Socialist Party (England and Wales) Socialist Party (Ireland) Socialist Party Scotland Socialist Workers Network (Ireland) Socialist Workers Party WIRFI Supporters Workers Revolutionary Party
Anarchist	Anarchist Federation Class War Freedom Press Solidarity Federation
Left Communist	Communist Workers' Organisation Socialist Party of Great Britain Socialist Studies
Miscellaneous	32 County Sovereignty Movement Communist League Communist Party of Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee) Counterfire Independent Working Class Association Industrial Workers of the World London Black Revolutionaries Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century Saoradh Scottish Socialist Party Workers Party of Britain
Electoral alliances	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Defunct

Marxist–Leninist	Association of Communist Workers Black Unity and Freedom Party British and Irish Communist Organisation Committee to Defeat Revisionism, for Communist Unity Communist Labour Party (Scotland) Communist League of Great Britain Communist Organisation in the British Isles Communist Party of Great Britain Communist Party of Scotland Communist Workers League of Britain (Marxist–Leninist) Leiston Communist Party Marxist Forum Revolutionary Communist League of Britain Revolutionary Internationalist Contingent Revolutionary Marxist–Leninist League Revolutionary Policy Committee South Wales Socialist Society Straight Left Workers' Institute of Marxism–Leninism–Mao Zedong Thought Workers Party of Scotland Working People's Party of England
Trotskyist	The Club Communist Forum Communist League (1932) Communist League (1990) International Group International Marxist Group International Socialist Group International Socialist Group (Scotland) International Socialist Network League for Socialist Action Left Fraction Leninist League Marxist Group Marxist Party Marxist Worker Militant Group Militant Tendency Movement for Socialism Permanent Revolution Red Action Revolutionary Communist League (Chartist) Revolutionary Communist Party (1944) Revolutionary Communist Party (1978) Revolutionary Democratic Group Revolutionary Socialist League (1938) Revolutionary Socialist League (1957) Revolutionary Socialist Party Revolutionary Workers' Party Scottish Militant Labour Socialist Appeal Socialist Alternatives Socialist Democracy Group Socialist Group Socialist Labour Group Socialist Solidarity Network Socialist Unity Network Solidarity (Scotland) Workers' International League (1937) Workers' International League (1985) Workers' Internationalist League Workers League Workers' Socialist League
Anarchist	Anarchist Federation of Britain Anarchist Workers Association The Angry Brigade King Mob Movement Against the Monarchy Rose Street Club Space Hijackers United Socialist Movement Walsall Anarchists WOMBLES Worker's Friend Group
Left Communist	Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation Communist Party (British Section of the Third International) Communist Unity Group Revolutionary Socialist Party Scottish Workers' Republican Party Socialist Labour Party Socialist Propaganda League Workers' Socialist Federation
Miscellaneous	Big Flame Common Wealth Party International Socialist Group Red Star Scottish Republican Socialist Movement Socialist Union Society of Gentlemen Supporters of the Bill of Rights
Electoral alliances	Red Front Socialist Unity

v t e Revolutionary Socialist League — Militant – Socialist Party
General	Revolutionary Communist Party (1944) The Club Revolutionary Socialist League Trotskyism Entryism Labour Party Open Turn Committee for a Workers' International Militant in Liverpool The Socialist
General Secretary	Jimmy Deane (1957–1965) Peter Taaffe (1965–2020) Hannah Sell (2020–present)
Prominent current or former members	Terry Fields Ted Grant Peter Hadden Derek Hatton Ellis Hillman John Macreadie Lesley Mahmood Tony Mulhearn Dave Nellist Pat Wall Matt Wrack
Affiliated	Campaign for a New Workers' Party All-Britain Anti-Poll Tax Federation Labour Party Young Socialists Show Racism the Red Card Socialist Party Scotland (earlier Scottish Militant Labour) Socialist Students Youth against Racism in Europe
Splinter groups	Revolutionary Communist Party (2024) Formerly Socialist Appeal Socialist Solidarity Network (later Socialist Resistance) Socialist Alternative
Related	Far-left politics in the United Kingdom Socialist Alliance (England) Socialist Green Unity Coalition Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

v t e Socialist Workers Party (UK)
General	Revolutionary Communist Party The Club Trotskyism Entryism Democratic centralism Third Camp International Socialist Tendency Socialist Workers' Student Society
National Leadership	Tony Cliff (1950–2000) Chris Harman (1977–2004) Duncan Hallas (1968–1995) Alex Callinicos (1980s–present) John Rees (1982–2009) Lindsey German (1982–2009) Martin Smith (2004–2011) Charlie Kimber (2011–present)
Publications	Socialist Worker Socialist Review International Socialism
Electoral alliances	Socialist Alliance (1999–2004) Respect – The Unity Coalition (2004–2007) Left Alternative (2008–2009) Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (2010–2017)
Related	Far-left politics in the United Kingdom European Anti-Capitalist Left Red Lion Square disorders

v t e Workers Revolutionary Party
General	Revolutionary Communist Party The Club Socialist Outlook Trotskyism Entryism International Committee of the Fourth International The News Line
National Leadership	Gerry Healy (1959—1978) Michael Banda (1978—1985) Gerry Healy (1985—1987) Sheila Torrance (1987—present)
Derivatives	Solidarity Workers' Socialist League Socialist Labour Group Workers Party Workers' Revolutionary Party (Workers Press) (later Communist Forum, International Socialist League and Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International) Workers' International League Socialist Equality Party Marxist Party (later Communist League and Peace and Progress Party)
Related	Far-left politics in the United Kingdom

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