Red Action was a British leftist political group formed in 1981. It became known for violently In 1995, The Independent estimated that Red Action had between twenty and thirty branches with 10–15 activists in each; the paper stated that the group "enthusiastically espouses the use of violence"; it also set out links between Red Action and the Irish republican movement, and stated that its members primarily operated in large cities such as London, Manchester, Leeds, and Glasgow. Red Action members left this organisation, along with the Socialist Party, citing the domination of the SWP over the organisation, some going on to found the Independent Working Class Association.

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Further reading

  • Mark Hayes "Red Action – left-wing pariah: some observations regarding ideological apostasy and the discourse of proletarian resistance" in Evan Smith and Matthew Worley, eds, Against the grain: The British far left from 1956, Manchester University Press, 2014.
  • Stott, Paul "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction: two responses on the British left to the rise of identity politics – the cases of Class War and Red Action" Twentieth Century Communism, Volume 9, Number 9, August 2016, pp. 96–120(25). Publisher: Lawrence and Wishart.
  • Red Action archive
  • "Left Wing Political Pariah": history of Red Action by Mark Hayes
  • Red Action material at Libcom
  • As Soon As This Pub Closes - Red Action section satirical profile by John Sullivan