League for the Fourth International
Encyclopedia
The League for the Fourth International (LFI) is a Trotskyist
international organisation, whose most noteworthy section is the Internationalist Group/Grupo Internacionalista in the United States. It has other affiliates in Mexico
, Brazil
and France
. All of these are very small and based in at most one or two cities. Like other international Trotskyist groups, it fights for "international socialist revolution, the conquest of power by the working class, led by its Leninist party."
's international the International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)
on June 8, 1996 and the Grupo Espartaquista de México, forming the Internationalist Group. In addition to which the new Internationalist group had links with the Liga Quarta-Internacionalista do Brasil which had been developing fraternal relations with the Spartacist League. The Liga Quarta-Internacionalista do Brasil, following the ICL
's break of fraternal relations with it, signed with the Internationalist Group their “Joint Statement of Commitment to Reforge the Fourth International.”
In early 1998, the ICL
expelled the Permanent Revolution Faction from the Ligue Trotskyste de France and at the same time declared that the key statement of the founding program of the Fourth International had been superseded.
In April that year, the Internationalist Group, Liga Quarta-Internacionalista do Brasil and the Permanent Revolution Faction formed the League for the Fourth International, whose founding statement was Reforge the Fourth International (6 April 1998). In 2004, the LFI's Dutch section, consisting of only one member, left to join the International Bolshevik Tendency.
and founder of the LFI's American section, the Internationalist Group. Their English language newspaper is called The Internationalist.
Trotskyism
Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky considered himself an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, arguing for the establishment of a vanguard party of the working-class...
international organisation, whose most noteworthy section is the Internationalist Group/Grupo Internacionalista in the United States. It has other affiliates in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. All of these are very small and based in at most one or two cities. Like other international Trotskyist groups, it fights for "international socialist revolution, the conquest of power by the working class, led by its Leninist party."
History
Led by Jan Norden, it was formed by members who were expelled from the Spartacist LeagueInternational Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)
The International Communist League , earlier known as the international Spartacist tendency is a Trotskyist international. Its largest constituent party is the Spartacist League...
's international the International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)
International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)
The International Communist League , earlier known as the international Spartacist tendency is a Trotskyist international. Its largest constituent party is the Spartacist League...
on June 8, 1996 and the Grupo Espartaquista de México, forming the Internationalist Group. In addition to which the new Internationalist group had links with the Liga Quarta-Internacionalista do Brasil which had been developing fraternal relations with the Spartacist League. The Liga Quarta-Internacionalista do Brasil, following the ICL
International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)
The International Communist League , earlier known as the international Spartacist tendency is a Trotskyist international. Its largest constituent party is the Spartacist League...
's break of fraternal relations with it, signed with the Internationalist Group their “Joint Statement of Commitment to Reforge the Fourth International.”
In early 1998, the ICL
International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)
The International Communist League , earlier known as the international Spartacist tendency is a Trotskyist international. Its largest constituent party is the Spartacist League...
expelled the Permanent Revolution Faction from the Ligue Trotskyste de France and at the same time declared that the key statement of the founding program of the Fourth International had been superseded.
In April that year, the Internationalist Group, Liga Quarta-Internacionalista do Brasil and the Permanent Revolution Faction formed the League for the Fourth International, whose founding statement was Reforge the Fourth International (6 April 1998). In 2004, the LFI's Dutch section, consisting of only one member, left to join the International Bolshevik Tendency.
Actions
The leading member is Jan Norden, former editor of the Spartacist League newspaper Workers VanguardWorkers Vanguard
Workers Vanguard is a Marxist bi-weekly newspaper published by the Spartacist League, a Trotskyist political organization in the United States. It is now affiliated also with the International Communist League, a confederation of similar groups....
and founder of the LFI's American section, the Internationalist Group. Their English language newspaper is called The Internationalist.