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On returning to
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and the
Trotskyist movement were mistaken. This position differed from the majority of the Workers' Press group, and so Banda left that year to form the Communist Forum. The group moved away from orthodox
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The WRP underwent a major split in 1985, with Healy's secretary alleging that he had sexually assaulted a large number of female members. Banda expelled Healy from the party in
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and won the group to his position. He succeeded Healy as the WRP's general secretary in 1978, although Healy remained the party's most prominent and influential figure. At the
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in order to differentiate the two. Banda wrote "27 Reasons Why the
International Committee Should Be Buried Forthwith and the Fourth International Built", arguing that the
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