Colonel William A. Phillips

The Internationalist Communist Union (French: Union Communiste Internationaliste) is an international grouping of Trotskyist political parties, centred on Lutte Ouvrière in France.

It believes that the socialist transformation of society can be accomplished only by the working class, consciously fighting in its own class interests, and therefore that the task of revolutionary groups is to construct a working class revolutionary party. The ICU believes that the only possible programmatic basis for revolutionaries rests on Marxist ideas in the tradition of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and its Bolshevik leaders Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. The militants from this tendency focus their activities, whether propaganda or intervention, within the working class.[1]

Associated groups

Country Group Misc.
Belgium Belgium Lutte Ouvrière/Arbeidersstrijd
France France Union Communiste Better known as Lutte Ouvrière (LO)
France French Antilles Combat Ouvriere Organized on Martinique and Guadeloupe
United Kingdom United Kingdom Workers' Fight
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Union Africaine des Travailleurs Communistes Internationalistes (UATCI) Also organizes in France
Turkey Turkey Sınıf Mücadelesi Based in Britain
Spain Spain Voz Obrera
Germany Germany Bund Revolutionärer Arbeiter
Italy Italy L'Internazionale
Haiti Haiti Organisation des travailleurs révolutionnaires (OTR-UCI)
United States United States The Spark Fraternal group, not a full member of the ICU

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References

  1. ^ "About the ICU | Internationalist Communist Union". www.union-communiste.org. Retrieved 2019-10-02.