Independent Working Class Association
The Independent Working Class Association is a small left-wing political party in Great Britain. It was instigated by the small Red Action group who had been expelled from the Socialist Workers Party and decided to focus on work in local communities. From 1995, they formed groups in Oxford, Hackney and a few other areas, and were soon rewarded with the election of a local councillor in 2001.The IWCA is now much broader than the Red Action group, and has adopted controversial but successful tactics of community action to fight anti-social behaviour. The group has also been criticised for refusing to take positions on international issues, and refusing to focus on opposing racism.
