Building broad parties and the Fourth International

Readings

• Excerpts from Daniel Bensaïd, The Formative Years of the Fourth International (1933-1938), Amsterdam, IIRE

• Excerpt from Ernest Mandel, The Leninist Theory of Organization, London, 1972

• Excerpt from Jo Freeman, "The tyranny of structurelessness", Ms. Magazine, 1973

• Excerpt from the ICS (FI Indian section) 'Code of Conduct'

• Excerpt from FI 12th World Congress, "Dictatorship of the proletariat and socialist democracy", International Viewpoint, 1985

• Excerpt from FI 15th World Congress, "Role and tasks of the Fourth International", International Viewpoint, no. 351/2, summer 2003

Section 1 of Statutes of the Fourth International (1974) and Preamble to Statutes of the Fourth International (2003)

• Excerpt from FI IEC, "Building revolutionary youth organisations in the imperialist countries", May 1982

• Excerpts from Gabriel, "Report on the balance sheet and problems of building our youth organisations in Europe", March 1988

• (Should be used also/as well the role and tasks document) "Youth a central sector for the anti-capitalists. Role and place of youth in the struggles and in our organisations", 16th World Congress, 2010