Committee to Defeat Revisionism, for Communist Unity
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Committee to Defeat Revisionism, for Communist Unity was a small British
Marxist-Leninist
group, that had left the Communist Party of Great Britain
in 1963. CDRCU was led by Michael McCreery. CDRCU was sympathetic towards the Communist Party of China
and the Party of Labour of Albania. The group began publishing Vanguard in 1963.
CDRCU reached the height of its activity from February 1964 and February 1965, during which CDRCU cells were established in several cities and public meetings were arranged. However, as McCreery died in 1965 (in New Zealand) the activity of the group declined sharply. Most of the members of CDRCU regrouped into the Action Centre for Marxist-Leninist Unity. A few others later formered the Workers' Party of Scotland and the London Workers' Committee. In 1966 the London Workers' Committee split, soon becoming the
Working People's Party of England
.
Some of the Irish members of the CDRCU later joined the Irish Communist Group
in 1965.
When the latter organisation split, they went on to form the Irish Communist Organisation.
Noel Jenkinson was another Irish member of CDRCU; he would later join the Official IRA
and be convicted for carrying out the 1972 Aldershot Bombing
.
Vanguard continued publication until 1972.
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Marxist-Leninist
Marxism-Leninism
Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideology, officially based upon the theories of Marxism and Vladimir Lenin, that promotes the development and creation of a international communist society through the leadership of a vanguard party over a revolutionary socialist state that represents a dictatorship...
group, that had left the Communist Party of Great Britain
Communist Party of Great Britain
The Communist Party of Great Britain was the largest communist party in Great Britain, although it never became a mass party like those in France and Italy. It existed from 1920 to 1991.-Formation:...
in 1963. CDRCU was led by Michael McCreery. CDRCU was sympathetic towards 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...
and the Party of Labour of Albania. The group began publishing Vanguard in 1963.
CDRCU reached the height of its activity from February 1964 and February 1965, during which CDRCU cells were established in several cities and public meetings were arranged. However, as McCreery died in 1965 (in New Zealand) the activity of the group declined sharply. Most of the members of CDRCU regrouped into the Action Centre for Marxist-Leninist Unity. A few others later formered the Workers' Party of Scotland and the London Workers' Committee. In 1966 the London Workers' Committee split, soon becoming the
Working People's Party of England
Working People's Party of England
The Working People's Party of England was a Marxist-Leninist political party in England.Its origins lay in the break-up of the Committee to Defeat Revisionism, for Communist Unity. Of those who had not joined the Action Centre for Marxist-Leninist Unity, a group in Islington founded the...
.
Some of the Irish members of the CDRCU later joined the Irish Communist Group
in 1965.
When the latter organisation split, they went on to form the Irish Communist Organisation.
Noel Jenkinson was another Irish member of CDRCU; he would later join the Official IRA
Official IRA
The Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA is an Irish republican paramilitary group whose goal was to create a "32-county workers' republic" in Ireland. It emerged from a split in the Irish Republican Army in December 1969, shortly after the beginning of "The Troubles"...
and be convicted for carrying out the 1972 Aldershot Bombing
1972 Aldershot Bombing
The Aldershot bombing was a car bomb attack by the Official Irish Republican Army on 22 February 1972 in Aldershot, England. The bomb targeted the headquarters of the British Army's 16th Parachute Brigade and was claimed as a revenge attack for Bloody Sunday. Seven civilian staff were killed and...
.
Vanguard continued publication until 1972.