The Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM) was an international communist organization founded in France in March 1984 by 17 various Maoist organizations around the world.Cailmail, Benoît. Le mouvement maoïste au Népal, 1949-2008. PhD thesis. Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, 2015, p. 331. It sought to "struggle for the formation of a Communist International of a new type, based on Marxism–Leninism–Maoism".http://wg1976.net/read.php?tid=22582 The RIM appears to be defunct as are many of the founding organizations. The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA was the most powerful force within the RIM.Cailmail, Benoît. "CPN-M’S INTERNATIONAL RElATIONS AFTER SEIZING POWER: THE END OF AN ERA?” Studies in Nepali History & Society, vol. 16, no. 2, Dec. 2011, pp. 207–27. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=sih&AN=82450096&site=eds-live&scope=site. Page 219
Ideology
From 1993 onwards the RIM believed that the experience gained from the "People's War" in Peru enabled the International Communist Movement "to further deepen [their] grasp of the proletarian ideology and on that basis take a far-reaching step, the recognition of Marxism–Leninism–Maoism as the new, third and higher stage of Marxism". This formulation caused a split in the Maoist movement, with the continued adherents of Mao Zedong Thought leaving RIM and congregating around the International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations.
Members CountryEnglish nameNative nameAbbreviationCommunist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistanحزب كمونيست (مائوئيست) افغانستانC(M)PAProletarian Party of East Bengalপূর্ব বাংলার সর্বহারা পার্টিPBSPRevolutionary Communist PartyPartido Comunista RevolucionarioPCRRevolutionary Communist Group of ColombiaGrupo Comunista Revolucionario de ColombiaRCGCCommunist Party of Colombia (Marxist–Leninist), Mao Tsetung Regional CommitteePartido Comunista de Colombia (marxista-leninista), Comité Regional Mao TsetungCPC(ML)MTRCRevolutionary Communist UnionUnión Comunista RevolucionariaRCUHaitian Revolutionary Internationalist GroupGwoup Entènasyonalis Revolisyonè AyisyenGRIACentral Reorganisation Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)केंद्रीय पुनर्गठन समिति, भारतीय कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी (मार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी)CRC, CPI(ML)Leading Committee, Revolutionary Communist Party, Indiaअग्रणी समिति, क्रांतिकारी कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी, भारतLC, RCPUnion of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran)اتحادیه کمونیستهای ایرانCommunist Collective of Agit/PropCollettivo Comunista Agit/PropCCA/PProletarian Communist Organisation, Marxist–LeninistOrganizzazione Comunista Proletaria, Marxista-LeninistaPCO, MLCommunist Party of Nepal (Masal)नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (मसाल)CPN(M)New Zealand Red Flag GroupNZFLGCommunist Party of PeruPartido Comunista del PerúPCPCeylon Communist Party (Maoist)ලංකා කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය (මාඕවාදී) சிலோன் கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி (மாவோயிஸ்ட்)CPC(M)Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–LeninistTürkiye Komünist Partisi/Marksist-LeninistTKP/MLNottingham Communist GroupStockport Communist GroupRevolutionary Communist Party, USARCP
The Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) left over differences of political line, but a much larger group, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), is a member. Indian member organizations amalgamated into the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
Magazine A World to Win was published from 1981 to 2006 as the unofficial magazine of the Committee of RIM (CoRIM). Communist Party of India (Maoist) leader Ajith (Murali Kannampilly) was the editor of the magazine.
Criticism The Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist–Leninist) has criticized the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM) for what it perceives as ultra-left revisionism, characterized by dogmatism and sectarianism. The party contends that RIM's neglect of critical Maoist concepts, such as the mass line and the theory of the new democratic revolution, alongside a focus on Eurocentrism, detracts from the effectiveness of the global revolutionary movement. This criticism points to RIM's strategies as being out of step with the practical demands of revolutionary activity, especially in the context of the Third World's class struggle.
References
External links Declaration of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement RIM map and Committee of the RIM (CoRIM) statements