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Revolutionary Communists of America
Revolutionary Communists of America
Abbreviation	RCA
Founded	1998
Newspaper	The Communist
Ideology	Communism; Trotskyism
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	International Marxist Tendency
Website
	communistusa.org
	Politics of United States of America;

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Comment: Too many of the first sections refs aren't independent and the refs in the second section aren't really indepth and obviously reliable.
Basically needs more indepth sourcing. Stuartyeates (talk) 10:32, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

The Revolutionary Communists of America (RCA), is the US section of the International Marxist Tendency (IMT), a Trotskyist political international.

History[edit]

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, which published New Youth.^[1] 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.^[2] In 2017, the WIL renamed its newspaper to Socialist Revolution (SR), by which name the group was better known.^[3] In 2024, the WIL renamed itself to the Revolutionary Communists of America and its newspaper to The Communist,^[4] as part of an IMT-wide rebranding that uses orthodox Communist nomenclature and symbols such as the hammer and sickle.^[5]

Positions[edit]

The conservative website Campus Reform negatively covered the SR's "Socialist Solution to Fight COVID-19" events^[6] and "Marxist School" events,^[7] where a Turning Point USA reporter noted that the Socialist Revolution organizers "allegedly called for a revolution".^[7]

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"^[8] and a "modern creation myth".^[9]

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".^[10]

References[edit]

^ "About Us". Youth for International Socialism. 2000. Archived from the original on April 11, 2000.
^ "Editorial to Special Issue of Socialist Appeal". Socialist Appeal. July 4, 2002.
^ Peterson, John (July 16, 2017). "Editorial: It's Time for Socialist Revolution". Socialist Revolution.
^ "Class Fighters Gather Across the US to Launch the Revolutionary Communists of America". Socialist Revolution. February 26, 2024.
^ 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.
^ 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. Retrieved April 26, 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. Retrieved February 26, 2024. 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 Web Site. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022.

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[1] "About Us". Youth for International Socialism. 2000. Archived from the original on April 11, 2000.

[2] "Editorial to Special Issue of Socialist Appeal". Socialist Appeal. July 4, 2002.

[3] Peterson, John (July 16, 2017). "Editorial: It's Time for Socialist Revolution". Socialist Revolution.

[4] "Class Fighters Gather Across the US to Launch the Revolutionary Communists of America". Socialist Revolution. February 26, 2024.

[5] 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.

[6] Dallmeyer, Mckenna (March 1, 2022). "This Marxist group thinks socialism can solve COVID-19". Campus Reform.

[CRMarxistSchool-7] Cason, Caroline (October 24, 2022). "Universities host 'Marxist Schools' sponsored by international revolutionary organization".

[8] Curry, Ben (April 4, 2023). "The Big Bang: Shoehorning the Facts to Fit the Theory". Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 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.

[9] 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. Retrieved February 26, 2024. 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.

[10] Shilton, Jordan (March 9, 2022). "Pseudo-left International Marxist Tendency provides cover for imperialist powers in conflict with Russia". World Socialist Web Site. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022.

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+The '''Revolutionary Communists of America''' (RCA), is the US section of the [[International Marxist Tendency]] (IMT), a [[Trotskyism|Trotskyist]] [[political international]].
-== History ==
-[[File:Logo of Socialist Revolution (United States).svg | thumb | right | 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, which published ''New Youth''.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |publisher=Youth for International Socialism |date=2000 |url=http://www.newyouth.com/aboutus.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000411223618/http://www.newyouth.com/aboutus.asp}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Editorial to Special Issue of Socialist Appeal |publisher=Socialist Appeal |date=July 4, 2002 |url=https://socialistrevolution.org/editorial-to-special-issue-of-socialist-appeal-july-2002}}</ref> In 2017, the WIL renamed its newspaper to ''Socialist Revolution'' (SR), by which name the group was better known.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=John |title=Editorial: It’s Time for Socialist Revolution |url=https://socialistrevolution.org/its-time-for-socialist-revolution-editorial-for-socialist-revolution-issue-1/ |publisher=Socialist Revolution |date=July 16, 2017}}</ref> In 2024, the WIL renamed itself to the Revolutionary Communists of America and its newspaper to ''The Communist'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Class Fighters Gather Across the US to Launch the Revolutionary Communists of America |url=https://socialistrevolution.org/class-fighters-gather-across-the-us-to-launch-the-revolutionary-communists-of-america/ |work=Socialist Revolution |date=February 26, 2024}}</ref> as part of an IMT-wide rebranding that uses orthodox [[Communist symbolism|Communist nomenclature and symbols]] such as the [[hammer and sickle]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flakin |first1=Nathaniel |title=Are You a Communist? Then Let’s Talk about the IMT |publisher=[[Left Voice]] |date=February 26, 2024 |url=https://www.leftvoice.org/are-you-a-communist-then-lets-talk-about-the-imt/ |url-status=live |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213132320/https://www.leftvoice.org/are-you-a-communist-then-lets-talk-about-the-imt/}}</ref>
-== Positions ==
-The conservative website [[Campus Reform]] negatively covered the SR's "Socialist Solution to Fight COVID-19" events<ref>{{cite web |title=This Marxist group thinks socialism can solve COVID-19 |publisher=[[Campus Reform]] |first1=Mckenna |last1=Dallmeyer |date=March 1, 2022 |url=https://campusreform.org/article?id=19088}}</ref> and "Marxist School" events,<ref name=CRMarxistSchool>{{cite web |title=Universities host 'Marxist Schools' sponsored by international revolutionary organization |date=October 24, 2022 |first=Caroline |last=Cason |url=https://campusreform.org/article?id=20455}}</ref> where the [[TPUSA]] reporter noted that the Socialist Revolution organizers "allegedly called for a revolution".<ref name=CRMarxistSchool />
+==History==
-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"<ref>{{cite web |title=The Big Bang: Shoehorning the Facts to Fit the Theory |date=April 4, 2023 |first=Ben |last1=Curry |url=https://socialistrevolution.org/the-big-bang-shoehorning-the-facts-to-fit-the-theory/ |url-status=live |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230405233528/https://socialistrevolution.org/the-big-bang-shoehorning-the-facts-to-fit-the-theory/ |quote=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.}}</ref> and a "modern creation myth".<ref>{{cite web |title=The James Webb Telescope: An Eye onto a Universe, Infinite in Time and Space |first1=David |last1=Garcia Colin |first2=Vincent |last2=Angerer |date=November 21, 2022 |url=https://socialistrevolution.org/the-james-webb-telescope-an-eye-onto-a-universe-infinite-in-time-and-space/ |url-status=live |archive-date=November 22, 2022 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221122131907/https://socialistrevolution.org/the-james-webb-telescope-an-eye-onto-a-universe-infinite-in-time-and-space/ |quote=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.}}</ref>
+[[File:Logo of Socialist Revolution (United States).svg|thumb|right|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, which published ''New Youth''.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|publisher=Youth for International Socialism|date=2000|url=http://www.newyouth.com/aboutus.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000411223618/http://www.newyouth.com/aboutus.asp}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Editorial to Special Issue of Socialist Appeal|publisher=Socialist Appeal|date=July 4, 2002|url=https://socialistrevolution.org/editorial-to-special-issue-of-socialist-appeal-july-2002}}</ref> In 2017, the WIL renamed its newspaper to ''Socialist Revolution'' (SR), by which name the group was better known.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Peterson|first1=John|title=Editorial: It's Time for Socialist Revolution|url=https://socialistrevolution.org/its-time-for-socialist-revolution-editorial-for-socialist-revolution-issue-1/|publisher=Socialist Revolution |date=July 16, 2017}}</ref> In 2024, the WIL renamed itself to the Revolutionary Communists of America and its newspaper to ''The Communist'',<ref>{{cite news|title=Class Fighters Gather Across the US to Launch the Revolutionary Communists of America|url=https://socialistrevolution.org/class-fighters-gather-across-the-us-to-launch-the-revolutionary-communists-of-america/|work=Socialist Revolution|date=February 26, 2024}}</ref> as part of an IMT-wide rebranding that uses orthodox [[Communist symbolism|Communist nomenclature and symbols]] such as the [[hammer and sickle]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Flakin|first1=Nathaniel|title=Are You a Communist? Then Let's Talk about the IMT|publisher=Left Voice|date=February 26, 2024|url=https://www.leftvoice.org/are-you-a-communist-then-lets-talk-about-the-imt/|url-status=live|archive-date=February 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213132320/https://www.leftvoice.org/are-you-a-communist-then-lets-talk-about-the-imt/}}</ref>
+==Positions==
-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]]".<ref>{{cite web |first=Jordan |last=Shilton |title=Pseudo-left International Marxist Tendency provides cover for imperialist powers in conflict with Russia |date=March 9, 2022 |publisher=[[World Socialist Website]] |url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/03/10/imtw-m10.html |url-status=live |archive-date=March 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310050445/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/03/10/imtw-m10.html}}</ref>
+The conservative website [[Campus Reform]] negatively covered the SR's "Socialist Solution to Fight COVID-19" events<ref>{{cite web|title=This Marxist group thinks socialism can solve COVID-19|publisher=[[Campus Reform]]|first1=Mckenna|last1=Dallmeyer|date=March 1, 2022|url=https://campusreform.org/article?id=19088}}</ref> and "Marxist School" events,<ref name=CRMarxistSchool>{{cite web|title=Universities host 'Marxist Schools' sponsored by international revolutionary organization|date=October 24, 2022|first=Caroline|last=Cason|url=https://campusreform.org/article?id=20455}}</ref> where a [[Turning Point USA]] reporter noted that the Socialist Revolution organizers "allegedly called for a revolution".<ref name=CRMarxistSchool/>
+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"<ref>{{cite web|title=The Big Bang: Shoehorning the Facts to Fit the Theory|date=April 4, 2023|first1=Ben|last1=Curry|url=https://socialistrevolution.org/the-big-bang-shoehorning-the-facts-to-fit-the-theory/|url-status=live|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405233528/https://socialistrevolution.org/the-big-bang-shoehorning-the-facts-to-fit-the-theory/|quote=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.|access-date=April 26, 2023}}</ref> and a "modern creation myth".<ref>{{cite web|title=The James Webb Telescope: An Eye onto a Universe, Infinite in Time and Space|first1=David|last1=Garcia Colin|first2=Vincent|last2=Angerer|date=November 21, 2022|url=https://socialistrevolution.org/the-james-webb-telescope-an-eye-onto-a-universe-infinite-in-time-and-space/|url-status=live|archive-date=November 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122131907/https://socialistrevolution.org/the-james-webb-telescope-an-eye-onto-a-universe-infinite-in-time-and-space/|quote=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.|access-date=February 26, 2024}}</ref>
-== See also ==
-* [[American Left]]
-* [[Democratic Socialists of America]]
-* [[Socialist Alternative (United States)|Socialist Alternative]]
-* [[International Marxist Tendency]]
+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]]".<ref>{{cite web|first=Jordan|last=Shilton|title=Pseudo-left International Marxist Tendency provides cover for imperialist powers in conflict with Russia|date=March 9, 2022|publisher=[[World Socialist Web Site]]|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/03/10/imtw-m10.html|url-status=live|archive-date=March 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310050445/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/03/10/imtw-m10.html}}</ref>
-== References ==
-{{reflist}}
-== External links ==
+==See also==
+*[[American Left]]
-* {{official website |https://communistusa.org/}}
+*[[Democratic Socialists of America]]
+*[[Socialist Alternative (United States)|Socialist Alternative]]
+*[[International Marxist Tendency]]
+==References==
-[[Category:2002 establishments in the United States]]
+{{Reflist}}
-[[Category:Communist parties in the United States]]
-[[Category:Democratic Socialists of America]]
-[[Category:Far-left political parties]]
-[[Category:International Marxist Tendency]]
-[[Category:Political parties established in 2002]]
-[[Category:Trotskyist parties in the United States]]
+==External links==
-{{US-party-stub}}
+*{{official website|https://communistusa.org/}}
-{{Communism-stub}}
+{{Draft categories|
+[[:Category:2002 establishments in the United States]]
+[[:Category:Communist parties in the United States]]
+[[:Category:Democratic Socialists of America]]
+[[:Category:Far-left political parties]]
+[[:Category:International Marxist Tendency]]
+[[:Category:Political parties established in 2002]]
+[[:Category:Trotskyist parties in the United States]]}}
+{{Drafts moved from mainspace|date=March 2024}}

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