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Alan Woods | |
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| Born | 23 October 1944 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex Sofia University Moscow State University |
| Occupation(s) | Political theorist, activist, writer |
| Movement | Revolutionary Communist International |
| Website | marxist.com |
Alan Woods (born 23 October 1944)[1] is a British Trotskyist political theorist and author. He is one of the leading members of the Revolutionary Communist International (RCI) and was a founder of Socialist Appeal (now the Revolutionary Communist Party).[2] He is political editor of the RCI's In Defence of Marxism website. Woods was a leading supporter within the Militant tendency within the Labour Party and its parent group the Committee for a Workers' International until the early 1990s.[3] A series of disagreements on tactics and theory led to Woods and Ted Grant leaving the CWI, to found the Committee for a Marxist International (soon renamed International Marxist Tendency) in 1992. They continued with the policy of entryism into the Labour Party.[4] Woods has expressed particularly vocal support for the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela, and repeatedly met with the Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, leading to speculation that he was a close political adviser to the president.[5]
- ^ "Ted Grant - The Permanent Revolutionary. Chapter Five: The Times That Try Men's Souls". 1 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ Turner, Robin (7 December 2010). "The strange tale of Hugo Chavez and the Swansea Marxist". Western Mail. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ Crick, Michael (1986). The March of Militant. London: Faber & Faber. pp. 130. ISBN 9780571146437.
- ^ Taaffe, Peter (1995). The Rise of Militant. London: Militant Publications. p. 452.
- ^ Yapp, Robin (5 December 2010). "Welsh Trotskyist in row over claims he is key adviser to Hugo Chavez". Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 13 July 2012.