Founding
The IWCA was formed in 1995 by several organisations, including Anti-Fascist Action, Red Action, and the Revolutionary Communist Group, who argued that the likely election of a New Labour government would entrench the legacy of Thatcherism and further diminish the political influence of the working class. It says its ideology stems from the trade union collectivism of the 1970s, and it has received support from some anarchists, but it criticises socialism.
From 1998, the Independent Working Class Association formed groups in Birmingham, Oxford, Glasgow, the London boroughs of Islington and Hackney, and a few other areas. In 2003, the IWCA was launched as a national organisation.
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