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Livio Maitan, Memoirs of a critical communist. Towards a History of the Fourth International, Preface by Daniel Bensaid, translated by Gregor Benton, edited with and introduction by Penelope Duggan, Resistance Books, IIRE, Merlin Press, 2019, 455 pages.
In his beautiful Preface to this book, (...)
A new contribution to writing the history of the Fourth International was published in November 2019: Memoirs of a critical communist; Towards a history of the Fourth International by Livio Maitan.
Présentation
A contribution to the history of the Fourth International
The book was launched (...)
This ensemble of articles was originally published as a centre-spread in l’Anticapitaliste weekly newspaper of the NPA in France.
Introduction
From the early 1930s, revolutionary Marxists faced a challenge: the tool created in the aftermath of October 1917, the Communist International, had (...)
Hans Peiffer, born in 1934, has since 1955 been active in the German section of the Fourth International (today the Internationale Sozialistische Organisation, ISO). He was interviewed by Manuel Kellner. Manuel Kellner – In the 1950s and early 1960s, with your comrades from the section of the (...)
Opening the 17th Congress of the Fourth International in the year of the fiftieth anniversary of 1968, our comrade Alain Krivine recalled the convergence of international struggles and mobilizations: the Vietnamese NLF’s Tet offensive against US imperialist troops, relayed by the anti-war revolt (...)
Those who subscribe to this report presented a Contribution Text to the XVII Congress of the IV “On the world situation and the tasks of the internationalists in Latin America”; the same that was considered in the Bulletins of the pre-congress and that we sustained during the development of this. (...)
This resolution presented by the outgoing International Committee was adopted 106 votes for, 6 against, 3 abstentions. 1. Introduction
Our task today is building parties that are useful in the class struggle. That is to say parties that can assemble the forces and decide on actions that have (...)
Next February the Fourth International will be holding its next World Congress. The Congress will elect a new leadership. Thomas Eisler who has been one of the Danish members has decided not to seek re-election for another term. This will be a goodbye to his work in the international youth (...)
The 34th International Youth Camp in political solidarity with the Fourth International took place in Otranto, Italy in the last week of July. The camp, under a banner proclaiming “Revolution Addicted - 1917-2017”, was opened by a rally speakers from Italy welcoming the participants and (...)
Walter Kanelutti (born April, 7th, 1955, in Vienna, died July, 5th, 2017, in Vienna) was a leading member of the small Austrian section of the Fourth International, Sozialistische Alternative/SOAL (Socialist Alternative). In 1977, as a student at the age of 22, he joined the Gruppe Revolutionäre (...)
At its meeting in February 2017, the International Committee of the Fourth International adopted this text, together with two other draft resolutions, as a preparatory document for the next FI World Congress to be held in 2018.
Our understanding of the role and tasks of the Fourth (...)
With the diktat accepted by the Greek government, all workers in Europe have just suffered a defeat
In Greece and throughout Europe we have to build the fightback
The signature by the Tsipras government of the agreement demanded by the Troika and the installation of a third memorandum in (...)
The 32nd International Youth Camp of the Fourth International took place in Belgium between July 26th and August 1st. The Socialistische Arbeiderspartij – Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire (SAP-LCR), Belgian section of the Fourth International, took the initiative to organize this year’s youth (...)
This statement was adopted at the closing rally of the 32nd youth camp in solidarity with the Fourth International on 1st August at Hoge Rielen in Belgium, by the delegations present from Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spanish state, Switzerland as well as the guests (...)
This statement was adopted at the closing rally of the 32nd youth camp in solidarity with the Fourth International on 1st August at Hoge Rielen in Belgium, by the comrades present from Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spanish state, Switzerland as well as the guests (...)
The Secretariat of the Executive Bureau of the Fourth International made this statement on 7 July 2015.
The Greek “no” is a resounding slap in the face for the leaders of the Troïka, in the first rank of whom are the political leaders of the European conservative and social-democratic parties. (...)
Our friend and comrade François Vercammen
Our friend and comrade François Vercammen died on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. François had been ill for years and had been cared for in an institution for the last few months. He passed away peacefully, in the presence of his companion, Leen, surrounded by (...)
Review: Ernest Tate, Revolutionary Activism in the 1950s and 60s: A Memoir – Volume 1, Canada 1955–1965 (London: Resistance Books, 2014)
Ernest Tate, Revolutionary Activism in the 1950s and 60s: A Memoir – Volume 2, Britain 1965–1970 (London: Resistance Books, 2014)
A Tate Gallery for the New (...)
The following declaration on Palestine was adopted by the International Committee of the Fourth International in Amsterdam on 24 February 2015. Situation
1) The year 2014 was characterized in Israel and the Palestinian territories by a deepening of the dynamics that had been at work during the (...)
This statement was adopted by the International Committee of the Fourth International meeting in Amsterdam on 24 February 2015. The electoral victory of Syriza and the rout of the parties committed to repecting the demands of the Troika was also a frontal challenge to the European ruling (...)
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