Committee for Workers' Democracy and International Socialism
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Committee for Workers' Democracy and International Socialism Комитет за рабочую демократию и международный социализм | |
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| Abbreviation | CWDIS (English) КРДМС (Russian) |
| Leader | Sergei Biets |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Dissolved | 7 January 1999 |
| Succeeded by | Revolutionary Workers' Party Socialist Resistance |
| Headquarters | Moscow, Soviet Union→Russia |
| Newspaper | Workers' Democracy |
| Ideology | Marxism Trotskyism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | Committee for a Workers' International |
| Colours | Red Black |
| Slogan | "All power to the workers!" (Russian: "Вся власть рабочим!") |
| Anthem | The Internationale |
| Website | |
| old.rwp.ru | |
The Committee for Workers' Democracy and International Socialism (CWDIS or KRDMS; Russian: Комитет за рабочую демократию и международный социализм; КРДМС; Komitet za rabochuyu demokratiyu i mezhdunarodnyy sotsializm, KRDMS) was one of the first Trotskyist organizations in modern Russia.[1]
Created by Sergei Biets in 1990 as the Russian section of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI). CWDIS considered itself a direct successor of the Union of Bolshevik-Leninists, founded by Leon Trotsky in 1928.[1] The organization was engaged in the distribution of its propaganda materials and actively participated in the events of 1991 and 1993 in Moscow, opposed the introduction of the "anti-worker" Code of Labor Laws.[2] The committee published the newspaper "Workers' Democracy". In 1993, the organization split over the issue of membership in the CWI. As a result, two groups with the same name were formed.[1][3]
CWDIS, section of CWI
Was engaged in the publication of the newspaper "Workers' Democracy. In 1998, the organization changed its name to Socialist Resistance and the newspaper to Left Vanguard.