The defunct Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM) was an international Communist organization which upheld a version of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism founded in 1984 sought to "struggle for the formation of a Communist International of a new type, based on Marxism-Leninism-Maoism" . The RIM, as an organization, is defunct today.A World To Win is a defunct theoretical journal inspired by the formation of the RIM (but not an official organ of the organization) "whose pages are open to all those on the same sides of the barricades in the fight against imperialism and reaction" AWTW continues to maintain an email list.

Of the RIM's one-time participating member organizations, the Maoist Communist Party (Turkey)

Maoist Communist Party (Turkey)

Maoist Communist Party is a clandestine communist organization in Turkey. It was founded in 1994 when a faction split from Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist-Leninist .MKP is a part of Revolutionary Internationalist Movement and participates in the Conference of...

 and the Communist Party of Peru (Shining Path) are currently engaged in armed conflict. The RIM also supported the revolutionary wars led by the Communist Party of the Philippines

Communist Party of the Philippines

The Communist Party of the Philippines is a leading communist party in the Philippines. It remains an underground political organization since its founding on December 26, 1968 and has been operating in clandestine manner since its founding...

 and by the Communist Party of India (Maoist)

Communist Party of India (Maoist)

The Communist Party of India is a Maoist political party in India which aims to overthrow the government of India through violent means. It was founded on 21 September 2004, through the merger of the People's War, and the Maoist Communist Centre . The merger was announced to the public on October...

. However, it is not clear how strong these efforts still are.

Many of the founding organizations are defunct, have changed their names over the years, or have dropped active armed struggle. The Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) left over differences of political line, but a much larger group, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), is a member. Indian member organisations amalgamated into the Communist Party of India (Maoist)

Communist Party of India (Maoist)

The Communist Party of India is a Maoist political party in India which aims to overthrow the government of India through violent means. It was founded on 21 September 2004, through the merger of the People's War, and the Maoist Communist Centre . The merger was announced to the public on October...

, which is not currently a member.

New forces also entered the RIM's fold in the following years, including the Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan.

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

• Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran)
  Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran)
  Union of Iranian Communists , UIC was an Iran Maoist organization. UIC was formed in 1976 after the alliance of a number of Maoist groups carrying out military actions within Iran...
  
  
• Central Reorganisation Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
  Central Reorganisation Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
  Central Reorganization Committee, Communist Party of India , a communist group in India 1979-1991. The Secretary of the All-India Leading Committee of the CRC, CPI was K. Venu. The main organ of CRC, CPI was called Mass Line...
  
  
• Ceylon Communist Party
• Communist Collective of Agit/Prop [Italy]
• Communist Party of Colombia (Marxist-Leninist), Mao Tsetung Regional Committee
• Communist Party of Peru
  Shining Path
  Shining Path is a Maoist guerrilla terrorist organization in Peru. The group never refers to itself as "Shining Path", and as several other Peruvian groups, prefers to be called the "Communist Party of Peru" or "PCP-SL" in short...
  
  
• Communist Party of Turkey (Marxist-Leninist)
• Haitian Revolutionary Internationalist Group
• Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal)
  Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal)
  Communist Party of Nepal , was an underground communist party in Nepal. CPN was formed in November 1984, following a split in the Communist Party of Nepal . The new party was founded at a congress in Gorakhpur, India...
  
  
• New Zealand Red Flag Group
• Nottingham Communist Group (Britain)
• Proletarian Communist Organisation, Marxist-Leninist [Italy]
• Revolutionary Communist Group of Colombia
  Revolutionary Communist Group of Colombia
  Revolutionary Communist Group of 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 of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement....
  
  
• Leading Committee, Revolutionary Communist Party, India
• Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
  Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
  The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA , known originally as the Revolutionary Union, is a Maoist Communist party formed in 1975 in the United States. The RCP states that U.S...
  
  
• Revolutionary Communist Union [Dominican Republic]
• Stockport Communist Group (Britain)

External links

• A World to Win - a theoretical journal inspired by the formation of the RIM
• Revolution - voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA, participating organization of the RIM
• Alborada Comunista - voice of the Revolutionary Communist Group of Colombia, participating organization of the RIM
• Sarbedaran.org - website of the Communist Party of Iran (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist), participating organization of the RIM
• MKP - website of the Maoist Communist Party / Turkey - North-Kurdistan, participating organization of the RIM

Documents from RIM

• Declaration of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement
• Long Live Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
• RIM map and Committee of the RIM (CoRIM) statements