The Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM) was an international

communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, ...

organization founded in France in March 1984 by 17 various Maoist organisations around the world. It sought to "struggle for the formation of a Communist International of a new type, based on

Marxism–Leninism–Maoism Marxism–Leninism–Maoism (MLM) is a political philosophy that synthesizes and builds upon Marxism–Leninism and Maoism. Its proponents refer to Marxism–Leninism–Maoism as Maoism and Maoism as Mao Zedong Thought (MZT) or Marxism–Lenin ...

". The RIM appears to be defunct as are many of the founding organisations and many changed their names over the years, or have dropped active

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Marxism–Leninism–Maoism

From 1993 onwards the RIM believed that the experience gained from the People's War in Peru enabled the International Communist Movement "to further deepen

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grasp of the proletarian ideology and on that basis take a far-reaching step, the recognition of Marxism–Leninism–Maoism as the new, third and higher stage of Marxism". This formulation caused a split in the Maoist movement, with the continued adherents of Mao Zedong Thought leaving RIM and congregating around the International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations.

Member organisations

Founding parties at a conference on 12 March 1984 were: *

Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran) Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran lit. ''the head-on-gallow mass'') (UIC(S); fa, اتحادیه کمونیست‌های ایران) was a Maoist organization in Iran. The UIC(S) was formed in 1976 after the alliance of a number of Maoist gr ...

* Ceylon Communist Party (Peking Wing) (Sri Lanka) * Communist Collective of Agit/Prop (Italy) * Proletarian Communist Organisation, Marxist–Leninist (Italy) *

Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party Purba Banglar Sarbahara Party ( bn, পূর্ব বাংলার সর্বহারা পার্টি, Proletarian Party of East Bengal) is a communist party in Bangladesh. The party played a role in the independence struggle of the c ...

* Communist Party of Colombia (Marxist–Leninist), Mao Tsetung Regional Committee *

Communist Party of Peru Several different far-left-oriented organizations in Peru refer to themselves as communist (''comunista'') parties, movements, organizations, groups, etc. Some are still active, under their original or other appellation, some have merged or spl ...

Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist The Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist (''Türkiye Komünist Partisi/Marksist-Leninist'' in Turkish language, Turkish, abbreviated as TKP/ML) is a Marxism–Leninism–Maoism, Marxist–Leninist–Maoist insurgent organization in Turke ...

* Haitian Revolutionary Internationalist Group * Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) * New Zealand Red Flag Group *

Revolutionary Communist Group of Colombia Revolutionary Communist Group of Colombia ( es, Grupo Comunista Revolucionario de Colombia) is a communist group in Colombia. It was founded in 1982, by a group originating in the Marxist–Leninist League of Colombia. It is a founding member o ...

Central Reorganisation Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) The Central Reorganisation Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) was a communist group in India 1979–1991. The Secretary of the All-India Leading Committee of the CRC, CPI(ML) was K. Venu. The main organ of CRC, CPI(ML) was c ...

* Leading Committee, Revolutionary Communist Party, India *

Revolutionary Communist Party, USA The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (also known as RCP and The Revcoms) is a communist party in the United States founded in 1975 and led by its chairman, Bob Avakian. The party organizes for a revolution to overthrow the system of capitali ...

* Revolutionary Communist Union (Dominican Republic) * Nottingham Communist Group (Britain) * Stockport Communist Group (Britain) The

Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan The Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan ( fa, حزب كمونيست (مائوئيست) افغانستان, ''Hezb-e Komunist (Ma'uist) Afghanistan''), previously known as the Communist Party of Afghanistan, is an underground communist party ...

later joined. The Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) left over differences of political line, but a much larger group, the

Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (), abbreviated CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN Maoist Centre, or CPN (MC), is the third largest political party in Nepal. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communist P ...

, is a member. Indian member organizations amalgamated into the

Communist Party of India (Maoist) The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is a Marxist–Leninist–Maoist banned communist political party and militant organization in India which aims to overthrow the "semi-colonial and semi-feudal Indian state" through protracted people' ...

. Of the RIM's one-time participating member organizations, the

Maoist Communist Party (Turkey) The Maoist Communist Party of Turkey ( tr, Maoist Komünist Partisi abbreviated as MKP) is a Marxist–Leninist–Maoist insurgent organization in Turkey. It is the most significant of the Maoist organisations in Turkey; it upholds the legacy of ...

and the

Shining Path The Shining Path ( es, Sendero Luminoso), officially the Communist Party of Peru (, abbr. PCP), is a communist guerrilla group in Peru following Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and Gonzalo Thought. Academics often refer to the group as the Commu ...

are currently engaged in armed conflict. The RIM also supported the revolutionary wars led by the

Communist Party of the Philippines The Communist Party of the Philippines ( fil, Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas) is a far-left, Marxist-Leninist-Maoist revolutionary organization and communist party in the Philippines, formed by Jose Maria Sison on 26 December 1968. It is des ...

and by the

''A World to Win'' magazine

''A World to Win'' was published from 1981 to 2006 as the unofficial magazine of the Committee of RIM (CoRIM).

leader Ajith (

Murali Kannampilly Murali may refer to: People Mononyms *Murali (Malayalam actor) (1954–2009), popular name of Malayalam and Tamil film actor Muraleedharan Pillai, who appeared in ''Neythukaran'' and ''Aadhavan'' *Murali (Tamil actor) (1964–2010), Tamil ac ...

) was the editor of the magazine.

References

External links

Declaration of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement

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