Revolutionary Marxist League (Hong Kong)
Revolutionary Marxist League 革命馬克思主義者同盟 | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Far-left |
| Regional affiliation | Pro-democracy camp |
| International affiliation | Fourth International |
The Revolutionary Marxist League was a
History
The League was founded in the background of the political changes in the early 1970s when the Cultural Revolution and Lin Biao Incident heavily discredited the Chinese Communist Party, as well as the emergence of the social movements in Hong Kong at the same time.[1]
After a student movement broke out at the
The league published periodicals such as Combat Bulletin and aligned themselves with the International Majority Tendency of the United Secretariat. In 1975 it became the Chinese section of the Fourth International, together with another long-existing Trotskyist group the Revolutionary Communist Party.[2]
The well-known Legislative Council member since 2004, "Longhair" Leung Kwok-hung was an active member of the league. After the league was disbanded in 1991, he became active member of another socialist group called April Fifth Action.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b International Trotskyism 1929-1985: A Documented Analysis of the Movement, Robert Jackson Alexander, Duke University Press, 1991, pages 217–220
- ^ Chan, Ming K. (1986). Dimensions of the Hongkong labor movement (in Chinese). Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee. pp. 220–225.
- ^ Xu, Xing (2009). Hundred years of democracy in China (in Chinese). Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement. p. 235.