Association of Communist Workers

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. 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).

References

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

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 Great Britain (Provisional Central Committee) 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
Trotskyist	Alliance for Workers' Liberty International Socialist League Militant Left (Ireland) Revolutionary Communist Party Socialist Action Socialist Alternative Socialist Democracy (Ireland) Socialist Equality Party Socialist Party (England and Wales) Socialist Party (Ireland) Socialist Party Scotland Socialist Resistance Socialist Workers Network (Ireland) Socialist Workers Party Solidarity (Scotland) Spartacist League Workers' Fight WIRFI Supporters Workers' Power Workers Revolutionary Party
Anarchist	Anarchist Federation Class War Freedom Press Solidarity Federation
Miscellaneous	32 County Sovereignty Movement Communist League Communist Workers' Organisation Counterfire Independent Working Class Association Industrial Workers of the World London Black Revolutionaries Saoradh Socialist Party of Great Britain Socialist Studies Workers Party of Britain
Electoral alliances	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Defunct

Marxist–Leninist	Association of Communist Workers 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) 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
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 Movement 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 Alternatives Socialist Democracy Group Socialist Group Socialist Labour Group Socialist Solidarity Network Socialist Unity Network 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 Space Hijackers United Socialist Movement WOMBLES
Miscellaneous	Anti-Parliamentary Communist Federation Big Flame Communist Bulletin Group Communist League (1847) Communist League (1919) Communist Party (British Section of the Third International) Communist Party of South Wales and the West of England Communist Unity Group Industrial Syndicalist Education League Industrial Workers of Great Britain Labour Against the Witchhunt Labour Emancipation League Respect Party Revolutionary Socialist Party Scottish Workers' Republican Party Socialist Labour Party (1903) Socialist League Socialist Propaganda League Solidarity Workers' Socialist Federation
Electoral alliances	Red Front Socialist Unity