Organisation for Marxist Unity - New Zealand
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The Organisation for Marxist Unity (OMU) was founded in the 1975 as the Preparatory Committee for the Formation of the Communist Party of New Zealand (Marxist-Leninist), by former members of the CPNZ
including Don Ross, Alec Ostler and Peter Manson. They were opposed to the CPNZ's break with the Communist Party of China
after the death of Mao and continued to uphold China under Deng Xiaoping
as a model socialist state, although they are presumably looking for a different model in light of China's recent embrace of the free market .
In 1988 they changed the name of the group to the Organisation for Marxist Unity, and ceased production of their monthly newspaper in favour of the quarterly magazine Struggle. Since the mid-1990s the OMU has been in merger negotiations with the Communist Party of Aotearoa
, another more recent split from the CPNZ, although as of 2008 no merger had taken place.
In recent years members of the OMU have also been active in the group Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa
(CAFCA).
Communist Party of New Zealand
The Communist Party of New Zealand was a Communist political party in New Zealand from the 1920s to the early 1990s. It never achieved significant political success, and no longer exists as an independent group, although the Socialist Worker organisation is considered organisationally continuous...
including Don Ross, Alec Ostler and Peter Manson. They were opposed to the CPNZ's break with the Communist Party of China
Communist Party of China
The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...
after the death of Mao and continued to uphold China under Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese politician, statesman, and diplomat. As leader of the Communist Party of China, Deng was a reformer who led China towards a market economy...
as a model socialist state, although they are presumably looking for a different model in light of China's recent embrace of the free market .
In 1988 they changed the name of the group to the Organisation for Marxist Unity, and ceased production of their monthly newspaper in favour of the quarterly magazine Struggle. Since the mid-1990s the OMU has been in merger negotiations with the Communist Party of Aotearoa
Communist Party of Aotearoa
The Communist Party of Aotearoa is a Maoist political party which formed in 1993 as a split from the Communist Party of New Zealand, which had formerly been Maoist, but was then drifting towards Trotskyism....
, another more recent split from the CPNZ, although as of 2008 no merger had taken place.
In recent years members of the OMU have also been active in the group Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa
Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa is a research and lobbying organisation combatting what it considers the sell-out of New Zealand companies and assets to overseas interests.-Economic criticism:...
(CAFCA).