The International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations (ICOR) is an association of more than 40 "autonomous, independent and self-reliant" communist parties and organizations. ICOR is composed heterogeneously, even in the light of the specific programs of its member organizations and was founded on 6 October 2010.[1]
The aim of ICOR is to overcome the "imperialist world system" in a "revolutionary transformation" and to establish the "dictatorship of the proletariat". ICOR follows "an open-door policy" to other organizations seeking similar goals.[1]
In their work, ICOR is based on the assumption that socialism in the Soviet Union was destroyed in 1956 and the country was transformed from within into a capitalist system by a "new class of bureaucrats" which had taken over the power.[1]
United in the ICOR, are various organizations of varying size and composition as well as some with different ideological and political principles.[2] The establishing of ICOR as a coalition of communist organizations with different programs was seen as a breakthrough in overcoming the divide in the Marxist-Leninist and revolutionary movement.
ICOR thinks to establish a joint ideological and political line takes a long process on the basis of joint field experience from developing "cooperation in a few essential questions [...] to cooperation in all essential matters."[3]
The heterogeneity of the organization, according to the ICOR, has its origins in the fragmentation and division of the worldwide Marxist-Leninist and labour movement since the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1956[1] and in the very different evolution of social conditions in the different countries.
In 2015 ICOR organized International Brigades for contributing to the reconstruction of the Syrian Kurdish town Kobanê, which had suffered severe damages by heavy attacks of the Islamic State. From June to October 2015 volunteers from several countries are supposed to build a new hospital.[4][5][6][7]
The following organizations and parties are known as ICOR members:[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Continent | Country | Party name | English translation | Member since |
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Africa | ||||
Congo | Organisation Révolutionnaire du Congo, ORC | Revolutionary Organization of Congo | 2010 | |
Egypt | Revolutionary Communist Party of Egypt, RCP | 2016 | ||
Morocco | Moroccan Marxist-Leninist Proletarian Line, MMLPL | 2010 | ||
South Africa | Communist Party of South Africa (Marxist-Leninist), CPSA (ML) | 2010 | ||
Togo | Parti Communiste du Togo, PCT | Communist Party of Togo | 2016 | |
Tunisia | Parti Patriotique Démocratique Socialiste, PPDS Tunisia | Patriotic Democratic Socialist Party | 2016 | |
Asia | ||||
Afghanistan | Marxist-Leninist Organization of Afghanistan, MLOA | 2010 | ||
Bangladesh | Communist Party of Bangladesh, CPB | 2010 | ||
India | Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), CPI (ML) | 2010 | ||
Provisional Central Committee Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), PCC CPI (ML) | 2010 | |||
Indonesia | Indonesia Revolutionary, INDOREV | 2010 | ||
Iran | Hezb-e Ranjbaran Iran, Ranjbaran | Toilers′ Party of Iran | 2010 | |
Nepal | Nepal Communist Party (Mashal), NCP (Mashal) | 2010 | ||
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified), CPN (Unified) | 2013 | |||
Pakistan | All Pakistan Trade Union Federation, APTUF | 2010 | ||
Working Women Organization, WWO | 2010 | |||
Sri Lanka | New-Democratic Marxist-Leninist Party, NDMLP | 2015 | ||
Europe | Belarus | Gruppa Kommunistov-Revoliutsionerov »Krasny Klin«, Belarus | Group of Revolutionary Communists ‘Red Wedge’, Belarus | 2010 |
Bulgaria | Dvishenniye za syprotiva ‘23 Septemvri’, 23 Септември | Resistance Movement ‘23 September’ | 2010 | |
Balgarska Komunisticheska Partiya, BKP | Bulgarian Communist Party | 2012 | ||
Balgarska Rabоtnicheska Partiya (komunisty), BRP(k) | Bulgarian Workers’ Party (communist) | 2010 | ||
Czech Republic | Komunistická Strana Československa – Československá Strana Práce, KSC-CSSP | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia – Czechoslovakian Labor Party | 2010 | |
Svaz Mladých Komunistů Československa, SMKC | Union of Young Communists of Czechoslovakia | 2010 | ||
Germany | Marxistisch-Leninistische Partei Deutschlands, MLPD | Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany | 2010 | |
Greece | Kommounistikí Orgánosi Elládas, KOE | Communist Organization of Greece | 2010 | |
Hungary | Magyar Ifjúság Közösségi Szervezete, MIKSZ | Organization of Hungarian Youth Community | 2014 | |
Luxembourg | Kommunistische Organisation Luxemburgs, KOL | Communist Organization of Luxembourg | 2010 | |
Netherlands | Rode Morgen, RM | Red Dawn | 2010 | |
Russia | Marksistsko-Leninskaya Platforma, MLP | Marxist-Leninist Platform | 2010 | |
Rossiyskaya Maoistskaya Partiya, RMP | Russian Maoist Party | 2012 | ||
Serbia | Partija Rada, PR | Party of Labour | 2010 | |
Slovakia | VZDOR – strana práce, VZDOR | RESISTANCE – Labour Party | 2010[12] | |
Spain | Partido Marxista-Leninista (Reconstrucción Comunista), PML (RC) | Marxist-Leninist Party (Communist Reconstruction) | 2013/2015 | |
Switzerland | Marxistisch-Leninistische Gruppe Schweiz, MLGS | Marxist-Leninist Group Switzerland | 2010 | |
Turkey | Bolşevik Parti (Kuzey Kürdistan-Türkiye), BP (NK-T) | Bolshevik Party North Kurdistan/Turkey | 2010 | |
Marksist Leninist Komünist Parti Türkiye/Kuzey Kürdistan, MLKP | Marxist-Leninist Communist Party Turkey/North Kurdistan | 2010 | ||
Türkiye İhtilalci Komünistler Birliği, TİKB | Union of Revolutionary Communists of Turkey | 2010 | ||
Ukraine | Koordinatsiyonniy Soviet Rabochevo Dvizheniya, Ukraina, KSRD | Coordinating Council of the Workers’ Movement, Ukraine | 2010 | |
Latin America | Bolivia | Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista-Maoísta) de Bolivia, PC(MLM) | Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) of Bolivia | 2010 |
Chile | Partido Comunista Chileno (Acción Proletaria), PC (AP) | Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) | 2010 | |
Colombia | Partido Comunista de Colombia – Maoista, PCC-M | Colombian Communist Party – Maoist | 2011 | |
Dominican Republic | Partido Comunista (Marxista Leninista), PC (ML) | Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) | 2010 | |
Haiti | Nouveau Parti Communiste Haïtien (Marxiste-Léniniste), NPCH (ML) | New Haitian Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) | 2010 | |
Panama | Partido Comunista (Marxista-Leninista) de Panamá, PC/ML | Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) of Panama | 2010 | |
Paraguay | Partido Comunista Paraguayo (independiente), PCP (independiente) | Communist Party of Paraguay (Independent) | 2010 | |
Peru | Partido Marxista Leninista del Perú, PML del Perú | Marxist-Leninist Party of Peru | 2010 | |
Partido Proletario del Perú, PPP | Proletarian Party of Peru | 2010 | ||
Venezuela | Plataforma Socialista Golpe de Timón, PSGT | "Socialist Platform Golpe de Timón" | 2014 | |
North America | United States | Revolutionary Organization of Labor (also known as "Ray O. Light"), ROL | 2010 |