Association of Communist Workers

British political party (1969–1997)

The Association of Communist Workers was an anti-revisionist political party in the United Kingdom.

It originated in 1969 as a split from the Revolutionary Marxist-Leninist League around Harpal Brar, together with his close comrades Kathy Sharp, Ella Rule, Iris Cremer and Godfrey Cremer. Prominent Marxists Ranjeet Brar and Joti Brar were also members of this organisation and also Carlos Martinez. Initially regarded as Maoist, it spent time working in the women's movement through its "Union of Women for Liberation". Through Brar, the group was closely linked with the Indian Workers Association, the Association of Indian Communists and the Stalin Society.

The group increasingly moved from Maoism to anti-revisionism, and in 1997 they officially dissolved the ACW and joined the Socialist Labour Party (SLP). When many of them left the SLP in 2004, they founded the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist). The CPGB-ML was the founder of the broad electoral front of the Workers Party, together with George Galloway in 2019. The organisations formally separated, however in 2021.

## See also

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* Communist Workers League of Britain (Marxist–Leninist)
* List of anti-revisionist groups

## References

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* Peter Barberis, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations

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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

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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
* Kate Sharpley Library
* Solidarity Federation
* Spirit of Revolt Archive

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
* Jewdas
* London Black Revolutionaries
* October Club
* 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

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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
* Communist Bulletin Group
* Communist Correspondence Committee
* Communist League (1847)
* Communist League (1919)
* Communist Party of South Wales and the West of England
* Industrial Syndicalist Education League
* Industrial Workers of Great Britain
* International Socialist Group
* Labour Against the Witchhunt
* Labour Emancipation League
* Red Star
* Respect Party
* Scottish Republican Socialist Movement
* Socialist League
* Socialist Union
* Society of Gentlemen Supporters of the Bill of Rights
* Solidarity

Electoral alliances|

* Red Front
* Socialist Unity

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Catalonia

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