International Workers League – Fourth International

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International Workers League (Fourth International)
Liga Internacional de los Trabajadores (Cuarta Internacional)
AbbreviationLITci
Predecessor International Committee of the Fourth International
TypeTrotskyist International
Website litci.org

The International Workers League (Fourth International) (Spanish : Liga Internacional de los Trabajadores (Cuarta Internacional), or LITci; Portuguese : Liga Internacional dos Trabalhadores - Quarta Internacional, or LIT-QI), also known as IWLfi, is a Morenist Trotskyist international organisation.

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Overview

The group's origins lie in the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). Moreno's supporters followed the American Socialist Workers Party in leaving the ICFI in 1963 to form the reunified Fourth International (USFI). [1] In 1969, the USFI voted to support guerrilla war in Latin America. Moreno's group opposed this. [1]

While critical of the Sandinistas, Moreno's group sent a Simon Bolivar Brigade to Nicaragua to aid the Civil War, [2] with the aim of building a revolutionary party there. This brigade was opposed by the reunified Fourth International [3] because it operated outside the discipline of the FSLN; [2] the only other Trotskyists to participate were Pierre Lamberts' Organising Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International. Forty non-Nicaraguan members of the Brigade were expelled from the country by the FSLN. [2] Almost immediately, Moreno's and Lambert's tendencies joined to form the Parity Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International. [4] However, Moreno's supporters withdrew in 1981 [4] complaining that Lambert had links to trade union bureaucrats, and in 1982 formed the "International Workers League (Fourth International)". In addition to their former supporters, this also attracted groups in Peru and Venezuela which split from the Lambertist currents.

The group campaigned for the victory of Argentina in the Falklands War, for the non-payment of foreign debt, and for the "defeat of imperialism in the Gulf War." In the mid-1990s, it helped launch Workers' Aid to Bosnia and began working with the Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International, although that group is now inactive.

Disagreements following the death of Moreno led several sections to leave the international, while others split. Those who left founded the International Centre of Orthodox Trotskyism (CITO in Spanish). The majority of this group rejoined the International Workers League in 2005, the minority forming the International Socialist League.

In 2021 the Chilean section of the IWLfi elected a member to the constitutional convention. María Rivera was elected in district 8 (Santiago West) as part of The List of the People. [5] [6]

The LITci publishes the bulletin International Courier (Correo Internacional) and the journal Marxism Alive (Marxismo Vivo or Le Marxisme Vivant), both in various languages, principally Spanish.

Sections

Official Sections

CountrySection Name
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina United Socialist Workers' Party (Argentina)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil United Socialist Workers' Party
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile International Workers' Movement (Chile)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Socialist Workers Party (Colombia)
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Workers' Party (Costa Rica)
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Socialist Unity of Workers (El Salvador)
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras Socialist Workers Party (Honduras)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Communist Alternative Party
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay Workers' Party (Paraguay)
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Socialist Workers Party (Peru)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal In Struggle (Portugal)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Corriente Roja

Sympathizing Sections

CountrySection Name
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Communist Workers' League (Belgium)
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia Socialist Struggle (Bolivia)
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Movement for Socialism (Ecuador)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Workers Socialist Group
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Workers For Socialism League
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Senegal Popular League
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom International Socialist League (UK)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Workers' Voice/La Voz de los Trabajadores (United States)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Corriente Obrera (United States)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Socialist Left of the Workers (Uruguay)
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Socialist Unity of Workers (Venezuela)

Notes

  1. 1 2 Alexander 1991, p. 554.
  2. 1 2 3 Alexander 1991, p. 555.
  3. Alexander 1991, p. 225.
  4. 1 2 Alexander 1991, p. 556.
  5. International Workers’ Movement (MIT) (May 17, 2021). "Chile | A political earthquake: Victory for the working class and youth, María Rivera to the Constituent Assembly! - IWL-FI". IWL-FI (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  6. Chile, M. I. T. (2020-11-30). "María Rivera, una candidata independiente y revolucionaria a la Constituyente". MIT (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-05.

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