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- The Fourth after three failures
'''- The Fourth after three failures'''


        - the difficult road to the foundation
the difficult road to the foundation


        - threat of world war
threat of world war


        - transitional programme
transitional programme


- post war
'''- post war'''


        - 1953 split -> different tendencies
1953 split -> different tendencies


        - 1963 reunification
1963 reunification


- the FI since 1968
'''- the FI since 1968'''


            - FI sections
FI sections


            - “broad anti-capitalist” or new parties (1995)
“broad anti-capitalist” or new parties (1995)


'''- what type of party'''


- what type of party
°transitional nature of these projects


transitional nature of these projects
°FI framework at the national level


FI framework at the national level
°independence from the apparatuses and institutions


independence from the apparatuses
°involvement and priority of self-activity, self-organization of the workers' movement and social movements
°wage political battles 
 
''on these principles - class independence...''
 
''on politically priority themes: ecosocialism, feminism, anti-racism,''
 
°militant and political practice
 
''internal democracy''


involvement and priority of self-activity, self-organization of the workers' movement and social movements
''against the reproduction of oppression''
                wage political battles 
on these principles - class independence...
on politically priority themes: ecosocialism, feminism, anti-racism,
                militant and political practice
internal democracy
against the reproduction of oppression


theoretical and programmatic education
°theoretical and programmatic education


renewal through specific work with youth
°renewal through specific work with youth
- Understanding the national situation
- Understanding the national situation
an orientation, not a tactic to adopt
 
° an orientation, not a tactic to adopt




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[http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article5748 September 1938 - the founding of the Fourth International]
[http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article5748 September 1938 - the founding of the Fourth International]


[http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?rubrique305 Role and party-building tasks of the Fourth International]
[http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?rubrique305 Role and party-building tasks of the Fourth International] 2018


Additional reading: [https://www.iire.org/index.php/node/665 Daniel Bensaïd: The formative years of the Fourth International (1933-1938)]
Additional reading: [https://www.iire.org/index.php/node/665 Daniel Bensaïd: The formative years of the Fourth International (1933-1938)]

Latest revision as of 10:15, 7 December 2021

The strategic importance of internationalism and the role of an international


Speaker: Penelope Duggan


1. World Capitalism and the need for an international

- today Bolsonaro, rise of authoritarian regimes, pandemic, climate catastrophe - an unprecedented situation

- when the FI was founded

- the class nature, the imperialist and oppressive nature of the global system

- resistance

- global justice movement in the 1990s

- return of strategic issues

- socialism in the 21st century


2. The Fourth International today


- The Fourth after three failures

the difficult road to the foundation

threat of world war

transitional programme

- post war

1953 split -> different tendencies

1963 reunification

- the FI since 1968

FI sections

“broad anti-capitalist” or new parties (1995)

- what type of party

°transitional nature of these projects

°FI framework at the national level

°independence from the apparatuses and institutions

°involvement and priority of self-activity, self-organization of the workers' movement and social movements

°wage political battles

on these principles - class independence...

on politically priority themes: ecosocialism, feminism, anti-racism,

°militant and political practice

internal democracy

against the reproduction of oppression

°theoretical and programmatic education

°renewal through specific work with youth

- Understanding the national situation

° an orientation, not a tactic to adopt


Readings

Bureau statement: “Trump’s defeat interrupts momentum of authoritarian right worldwide”

September 1938 - the founding of the Fourth International

Role and party-building tasks of the Fourth International 2018

Additional reading: Daniel Bensaïd: The formative years of the Fourth International (1933-1938)

Gus Massiah: The new world struggles to be born

Michael Löwy: The Fourth International is 80 years old!

Pierre Rousset: Reflections on the “party question” (expanded version) – an overview