Difference between revisions of "10. The Fourth International and strategic debates - Penny Duggan"
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1. Our strategic goal - a dream we have - society without oppression and exploitation | |||
• Different ways of expressing it: | • Different ways of expressing it: | ||
- overthrow capitalism | - overthrow capitalism | ||
- make the revolution | - make the revolution | ||
- transform society and install the dictatorship of the proletariat | |||
- transform society and install the dictatorship of the proletariat | |||
- dictatorship = rule of the majority | - dictatorship = rule of the majority | ||
- the proletariat? = the exploited and oppressed | - the proletariat? = the exploited and oppressed | ||
• How to get there : the emancipation of the workers the act of the workers themselves (Marx 1st International) | • How to get there : the emancipation of the workers the act of the workers themselves (Marx 1st International) | ||
- “those on top can’t rule any more and those below won’t stand for it any more” | - “those on top can’t rule any more and those below won’t stand for it any more” | ||
- mass mobilization -> different forms | - mass mobilization -> different forms | ||
- no schemas, anything can be a spark | - no schemas, anything can be a spark | ||
2. The need for a party | 2. The need for a party | ||
• What is a party - has a political programme - attempt at synthesis of interests of exploited and oppressed | • What is a party - has a political programme - attempt at synthesis of interests of exploited and oppressed | ||
- different parties can be authentically “revolutionary” | - different parties can be authentically “revolutionary” | ||
- collective decisions, acts together, balance sheets | - collective decisions, acts together, balance sheets | ||
- memory and education | - memory and education | ||
- the party, its relationship to the movements of exploited and oppressed | - the party, its relationship to the movements of exploited and oppressed | ||
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• The 1995 World Congress: | • The 1995 World Congress: | ||
- the period opened by 1968 | - the period opened by 1968 | ||
- fall of the wall in 1989 | - fall of the wall in 1989 | ||
- the political consequences : old political divisions could be overcome | - the political consequences : old political divisions could be overcome | ||
• The development of this orientation in 2003, 2010 continued in 2018 | • The development of this orientation in 2003, 2010 continued in 2018 | ||
- lessons learnt from national experience | - lessons learnt from national experience | ||
- towards a balance sheet, the discussion in the FI - 17th World Congress | - towards a balance sheet, the discussion in the FI - 17th World Congress | ||
• What sort of parties? | • What sort of parties? | ||
- activist, which intervene, which have an effect | - activist, which intervene, which have an effect | ||
- build the struggles and movements of the exploited and oppressed | - build the struggles and movements of the exploited and oppressed | ||
- democratic | - democratic | ||
- aim to ensure a non-oppressive internal climate through policies which prefigure the society we want | - aim to ensure a non-oppressive internal climate through policies which prefigure the society we want | ||
• The forces and the situation of the FI today | • The forces and the situation of the FI today | ||
- overview of where we are present | - overview of where we are present | ||
- some elements on particular national experiences | - some elements on particular national experiences | ||
- a conclusion: necessity to build FI today | - a conclusion: necessity to build FI today | ||
Latest revision as of 09:34, 14 August 2018
1. Our strategic goal - a dream we have - society without oppression and exploitation
• Different ways of expressing it:
- overthrow capitalism
- make the revolution
- transform society and install the dictatorship of the proletariat
- dictatorship = rule of the majority
- the proletariat? = the exploited and oppressed
• How to get there : the emancipation of the workers the act of the workers themselves (Marx 1st International)
- “those on top can’t rule any more and those below won’t stand for it any more”
- mass mobilization -> different forms
- no schemas, anything can be a spark
2. The need for a party
• What is a party - has a political programme - attempt at synthesis of interests of exploited and oppressed
- different parties can be authentically “revolutionary”
- collective decisions, acts together, balance sheets
- memory and education
- the party, its relationship to the movements of exploited and oppressed
3. The FI's orientation today to party building - a bridge between where we are now and what we want
• The founding of the Fl as a minority current, Trotsky's approach, shaped history
• The 1995 World Congress:
- the period opened by 1968
- fall of the wall in 1989
- the political consequences : old political divisions could be overcome
• The development of this orientation in 2003, 2010 continued in 2018
- lessons learnt from national experience
- towards a balance sheet, the discussion in the FI - 17th World Congress
• What sort of parties?
- activist, which intervene, which have an effect
- build the struggles and movements of the exploited and oppressed
- democratic
- aim to ensure a non-oppressive internal climate through policies which prefigure the society we want
• The forces and the situation of the FI today
- overview of where we are present
- some elements on particular national experiences
- a conclusion: necessity to build FI today
Pierre Rousset - Reflections on the “party question” (expanded version) – an overview
FI: Role and party-building tasks of the Fourth International