Marxist Tendency
The Marxist Tendency (Russian: Марксистская тенденция, romanized: Marksistskaya tendentsiya; MT) was a Trotskyist organization in Russia, created in May 2019 as a result of the merger of the Russian section of the International Marxist Tendency with a faction of the Revolutionary Workers' Party. According to its own statements, the MT is a communist organization that is "working to create national sections of the IMT in the territory of the former USSR."
Marxist Tendency Марксистская тенденция | |
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| Abbreviation | MT |
| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Founded | 3 May 2019 |
| Dissolved | 8 May 2023 |
| Merger of | Russian section of the IMT Faction of the RWP |
| Merged into | Organisation of Communist Internationalists |
| Newspaper | Marxist.news |
| Ideology | Marxism Communism Trotskyism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| International affiliation | International Marxist Tendency |
| Colours | Red Black |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| marxist.news | |
The movement participated in the 2021 protests and the 2022 anti-war protests, and also condemned the intervention of the CSTO forces in protest-ridden Kazakhstan.
In May 2023, the unification congress of the Marxist Tendency and the communist organisation the New Reds (Russian: Новые красные, romanized: Novyye krasnyye; NK) was held. The new association was called the Organisaton of Communists Internationalists and became the Russian section of the IMT.