Communist Party of Trinidad and Tobago

The Communist Party of Trinidad and Tobago was a pro-Albanian Marxist–Leninist political party in Trinidad and Tobago. The party was founded in 1979.[1] One source claims it was founded by Hardial Bains, the leader of Communist Party of Canada (Marxist–Leninist).[2] CPTT published Class Struggle.

Communist Party of Trinidad and Tobago
Founded1979
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Anti-revisionism
Hoxhaism

Many of the members of this party renounced their hardline communist stances by the end of the 1980s, coinciding with the Fall of the Soviet Union. Former members Michael Als and Wade Mark were involved in party politics in the late 1990s. Wade Mark is a member of the executive of the United National Congress. Michael Als was a UNC candidate for the 2000 election.

References

  1. Hobday, Charles (1986). Communist and Marxist Parties of the World. Harlow: Longman. p. 344. ISBN 0-582-90264-9.
  2. "On the 1st anniversary of the death of a charlatan". leninism.org. Retrieved 6 September 2019.


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