List of Trotskyist internationals

This is a list of Trotskyist internationals. It includes all of the many political internationals which self-identify as Trotskyist.

Of the organizations listed, two claim to be the original Fourth International founded in 1938: the reunified Fourth International (USFI) and the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). The Fourth International split into two factions 1953 over the question of historic perspective, with the International Secretariat (ISFI) turning in favour of deep entryism and supporting petty-bourgeois nationalist movements in less developed countries, and the International Committee (ICFI) upholding the need to form revolutionary parties. The factions reunited in 1963 resulting in the formation of reunified Fourth International (USFI), while parts of the ICFI did not. Both the USFI and ICFI went on to fragment further, giving rise to several new internationals.

Certain organizations which claim to be Trotskyist make no attempt to claim any relationship to the Fourth International in an organizational sense and argue that it no longer exists. Some claim to represent a continuity from the Fourth International or to have re-established it: for example the Fourth International (ICR) International Centre/Center of Reconstruction, also known as the FI (La Verité), also calls itself the "Fourth International".

The various organizations listed here range in size from those having thousands of adherents in dozens of countries to tendencies which can barely claim a dozen members in three or four countries.

List of internationals

The largest internationals in terms of membership are indicated in bold.

Active

Internationals that emerged from the Fourth International (USFI)

International Workers League – Fourth International (IWL-FI), founded by former members of the USFI in 1982.^[1]
Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International (TF-FI), founded by expelled members of the IWL-FI in 1988^[2]
International Workers' Unity – Fourth International (IWU-FI), split from IWL-FI in 1997.^[3]
International Leninist Trotskyist Fraction (ILTF), split from the TF-FI in 1998.^[4]^[5]
Tendency for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International, formed by expelled members of the TF-FI in 2006.^[6]^[7]
Committee for Revolutionary International Regroupment (CRIR), founded by groups originating from the USFI and IWL-FI^[8]

Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) - claims to be refoundation of the defunct Committee for a Workers' International (1974), which was formed by expelled members of the USFI in 1965, after 2019 split.^[9]
Revolutionary Communist International, split from CWI in 1992. Previously named International Marxist Tendency (IMT) (2004–2024), and the Committee for a Marxist International (1992–2004)^[10]
International Revolutionary Left (IRL), split from CWI in 2019.^[11]
International Socialist Alternative, claims to be successor to the defunct Committee for a Workers' International (1974) after 2019 split.^[12]
Internationalist Standpoint (IS), split from International Socialist Alternative in 2022.^[13]

International Socialist Tendency (IST), founded by expelled members of the original Fourth International in the 1950s^[14]
League for the Fifth International (L5I), founded by expelled members of the IST.^[15]
Revolutionary Communist International Tendency (RCIT), founded by former members of the IST and L5I.^[16]
Internationalist Trotskyist Nucleus-Fourth International, founded as a "public faction" of the ILTF, and split from the RCIT.^[17]^[18]

Liaison Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International (CERCI), founded by the Bolivian party POR which broke off with the original Fourth International in the 1950s.

Internationals that emerged from the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI)

International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist) (ICL-FI),^[19] previously the international Spartacist tendency which split from the ICFI in 1966.
International Bolshevik Tendency (IBT)^[20] formed by expelled members of the international Spartacist tendency in 1982.
Bolshevik Tendency, split from IBT in 2018.^[21]
League for the Fourth International (LFI),^[22] formed by expelled members of the ICL-FI in 1996.
Organising Committee for the Reconstitution of the Fourth International (OCRFI), split from the defunct Fourth International (ICR) in 2016. The latter was formed after a split from the ICFI in 1972.^[23]
International Trotskyist Committee (ITC), founded by former members of the defunct Trotskyist International Liaison Committee in 1984. The latter was founded by expelled members of the ICFI in 1974.^[24]
Liaison Committee for the Fourth International, founded by former members of the ITC.^[25] ^[26]

Others

Internationalist Communist Union (ICU)^[27]
Permanent Revolution Collective^[28]

Defunct

Committee for a Workers' International (CWI), 1974–2019 – split into Committee for a Workers' International (Refounded) and International Socialist Alternative
Coordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International (CRFI)
International League for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International (ILRFI), 1976–1995^{[citation needed]}
Fourth International Posadist^[29]
Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International (WIRFI)^[30]
International Revolutionary Marxist Tendency (TMRI), 1965–1992^[29]
Permanent Revolution
Revolutionary Workers Ferment (Fomento Obrero Revolucionario, FOR)^[29]
Trotskyist International Liaison Committee, 1979–1984^[29]
Tendencia Cuartainternacionalista^[31]^[32]^[33]^[34]
Fourth International (ICR), also called FI (La Verité) or FI (International Secretariat)^[35] 1981–2015
Socialist Network^[36] (Post-Trotskyist, split from IMT)

References

^ "IWL – FI – International Workers League – Fourth International – IWL – FI". www.litci.org. 14 September 2017.
^ "Trotskyist Fraction Fourth International". Ft-ci.org. Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
^ "Home". Uit-Ci (in European Spanish). 2021-03-14. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
^ "1998 Platform of the Internationalist Bolshevik Tendency (TBI) against a current that liquidates Trotskyism - Our split with the PTS" (PDF). www.flti-ci.org.
^ ".::: FLTI :::". www.flti-ci.org. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
^ "Quienes somos".
^ "Home - TRCI". trci-web.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
^ "Committee for Revolutionary International Regroupment (CRIR)". Freedom Socialist Party. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
^ "Refounding the Committee for a Workers' International on the basis of a Trotskyist programme and method". socialistworld.net. Committee for a Workers' International. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
^ "In Defense of Marxism". 12 February 2024.
^ "Founding Congress of the International Revolutionary Left". Izquierda Revolucionaria (in European Spanish). 29 July 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE EDITORIAL BOARD (8 February 2020). "International Socialist Alternative Launched". International Socialist Alternative. International Socialist Alternative. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
^ "Launching Internationalist Standpoint". internationaliststandpoint.org. 31 January 2022.
^ "International Socialist Tendency". internationalsocialists.org.
^ "League for the Fifth International – Fighting for a new world party of socialist revolution". www.fifthinternational.org.
^ "Sections and Activists of the RCIT". thecommunists.net.
^ "¡Se Pone en Pie el NTI-CI!". NTI-CI (in European Spanish). 10 October 2017.
^ "NTI-CI". NTI-CI (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-28.
^ "International Communist League". www.icl-fi.org.
^ "International Bolshevik Tendency". www.bolshevik.org.
^ "Bolshevik Tendency - For the rebirth of the Fourth International!". Bolshevik Tendency. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
^ "Internationalist Group -- Reforge the Fourth International!". www.internationalist.org.
^ "OCRFI-Fourth International". Socialist Organizer. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
^ "International Trotskyist Committee" (PDF). itc4.org.
^ Consistent Democrats leaflet to No2NATO London Rally: “Fight Fascism not ‘Foreigners’”, accessed on 08/11/2023.
^ LCFI Draft Programme, en inglés, consultado el 12/08/2023.
^ "Internationalist Communist Union – Workers of the world, unite!". www.union-communiste.org.
^ "Permanent Revolution Collective". www.revolucionpermanente.com. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kelly, John (2018). Contemporary Trotskyism. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781317368946.
^ "wirfi – Workers International to rebuild the 4th International". Retrieved 2021-08-24.
^ Revisitas Internacionalismo Publicadas por la TCI, in Spanish, consulted on 4/8/2023.
^ O marxismo depois de Marx e Engels, in portuguese, consulted on 4/8/2023.
^ Boletim do Comitê de Enlace pela Reconstrução da IV Internacional Publicação trimestral do Comitê de Enlace pela Reconstrução da IV Internacional - Versão em Português - Outubro de 2010, in portuguese, consulted on 4/8/2023.
^ The Fourth Internationalist Tendency, consulted on 4/8/2023.
^ "Fourth International". Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
^ "The Socialist Network". The Socialist Network. Retrieved 2021-08-21.

External links

[1] "IWL – FI – International Workers League – Fourth International – IWL – FI". www.litci.org. 14 September 2017.

[2] "Trotskyist Fraction Fourth International". Ft-ci.org. Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-09-20.

[3] "Home". Uit-Ci (in European Spanish). 2021-03-14. Retrieved 2021-08-24.

[4] "1998 Platform of the Internationalist Bolshevik Tendency (TBI) against a current that liquidates Trotskyism - Our split with the PTS" (PDF). www.flti-ci.org.

[5] ".::: FLTI :::". www.flti-ci.org. Retrieved 2021-09-13.

[6] "Quienes somos".

[7] "Home - TRCI". trci-web.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.

[8] "Committee for Revolutionary International Regroupment (CRIR)". Freedom Socialist Party. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

[9] "Refounding the Committee for a Workers' International on the basis of a Trotskyist programme and method". socialistworld.net. Committee for a Workers' International. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

[10] "In Defense of Marxism". 12 February 2024.

[11] "Founding Congress of the International Revolutionary Left". Izquierda Revolucionaria (in European Spanish). 29 July 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[12] INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE EDITORIAL BOARD (8 February 2020). "International Socialist Alternative Launched". International Socialist Alternative. International Socialist Alternative. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

[13] "Launching Internationalist Standpoint". internationaliststandpoint.org. 31 January 2022.

[14] "International Socialist Tendency". internationalsocialists.org.

[15] "League for the Fifth International – Fighting for a new world party of socialist revolution". www.fifthinternational.org.

[16] "Sections and Activists of the RCIT". thecommunists.net.

[17] "¡Se Pone en Pie el NTI-CI!". NTI-CI (in European Spanish). 10 October 2017.

[18] "NTI-CI". NTI-CI (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-28.

[19] "International Communist League". www.icl-fi.org.

[20] "International Bolshevik Tendency". www.bolshevik.org.

[21] "Bolshevik Tendency - For the rebirth of the Fourth International!". Bolshevik Tendency. Retrieved 2021-08-24.

[22] "Internationalist Group -- Reforge the Fourth International!". www.internationalist.org.

[23] "OCRFI-Fourth International". Socialist Organizer. Retrieved 2021-08-24.

[24] "International Trotskyist Committee" (PDF). itc4.org.

[25] Consistent Democrats leaflet to No2NATO London Rally: “Fight Fascism not ‘Foreigners’”, accessed on 08/11/2023.

[26] LCFI Draft Programme, en inglés, consultado el 12/08/2023.

[27] "Internationalist Communist Union – Workers of the world, unite!". www.union-communiste.org.

[28] "Permanent Revolution Collective". www.revolucionpermanente.com. Retrieved 2021-09-13.

[kelly-29] Kelly, John (2018). Contemporary Trotskyism. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781317368946.

[30] "wirfi – Workers International to rebuild the 4th International". Retrieved 2021-08-24.

[31] Revisitas Internacionalismo Publicadas por la TCI, in Spanish, consulted on 4/8/2023.

[32] O marxismo depois de Marx e Engels, in portuguese, consulted on 4/8/2023.

[33] Boletim do Comitê de Enlace pela Reconstrução da IV Internacional Publicação trimestral do Comitê de Enlace pela Reconstrução da IV Internacional - Versão em Português - Outubro de 2010, in portuguese, consulted on 4/8/2023.

[34] The Fourth Internationalist Tendency, consulted on 4/8/2023.

[35] "Fourth International". Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-17.

[36] "The Socialist Network". The Socialist Network. Retrieved 2021-08-21.

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