The Association of Communist Workers was an anti-revisionist

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in the

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. It originated in 1969 as a split from the Revolutionary Marxist-Leninist League around Harpal Brar. Initially regarded as

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, it spent time working in the

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through its "Union of Women for Liberation". Through Brar, the group was closely linked with the

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, 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

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References

*Peter Barberis, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley, ''Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations'' Anti-revisionist organizations Defunct communist parties in the United Kingdom Political parties established in 1969 Defunct Maoist parties Maoist organisations in the United Kingdom Political parties disestablished in 1997 {{UK-party-stub

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