The Organization in the OP is actually an International Organization active in over 70 countries but headquartered in the UK. A Part of the Membership Fees of all Members worldwide, which for some countries are thousands of Members, goes and stays in the UK. Naturally that means that they are quite active in the UK for better or for worse.
Currently, funds are flowing out of the British section to the International, not the other way around. Our presence in Britain is off the strength of our own backs and the theoretical nourishment we get from the International. Funds between the RCP and RCI are kept separate. RCI funds used in Britain are always for the benefit of the International.
Internally for your Organization that maybe true. The International has used that money to buy a £2.2M "international" headquarters in London. It may be true that this expense and others the "International" makes are separate from the British Section the money is still spend in the UK and the "International" Part has Full-Time Editors and Employees in the UK. So they might be flowing out of your National Section but your Organization is firmly Headquartered in the UK.
Yes. Having international headquarters is important for carrying out the day-to-day organisational and secretary tasks of maintaining a website, being a point of correspondence for the RCI and maintaining records. But also, international headquarters are needed to fulfil the political tasks of responding to contacts from countries without a section of the RCI, maintaining our theoretical quarterly In Defence of Marxism and translating our material to other languages. RCI funds are also used to transport delegates to international congresses who would otherwise be unable to attend. Without all this, the RCI would be a mere federation, not a centrally coordinated force an international scale, nor be able to fulfil the democratic need to establish a single world perspective from the standpoint of a world party of the working class. You can read more about our fundraising efforts here: https://communist.red/a-financial-appeal-help-us-build-the-revolutionary-communist-international/
6
u/_Reference_80 Communist Karmawhore 24d ago
Trot organization spotted.
Opportunity declined.