Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International

International alliance of Trotskyist political organizations

Trotskyist Fraction - Fourth International

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Abbreviation| FT
FT-CI
FT-QI
TF-FI
Formation| 25 April 2004; 20 years ago (2004-04-25)
Type| INGO

Region served

| Worldwide
Membership| 14 sections[1]

Official language

| Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German, Italian, Catalan
Website| Trotskyist Fraction

Formerly called

| Internationalist Faction of the IWL-FI (1989-1995)
Internationalist Fraction (1995)
Trotskyist Fraction - International Strategy (1996-2004)
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The Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International (TF-FI) is a political international of Trotskyist political organizations that claim to adhere to the political legacy of the Fourth International.

## History

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It has its origin in the expelled Internationalist Bolshevik Faction of the Movement for Socialism (MAS). MAS was the Argentine section of the International Workers League (IWL-FI). The Internationalist Bolshevik Faction regarded itself initially as an "external fraction" of the MAS/IWL-FI who had been wrongly expelled, and demanded the overturning of its expulsion.

The Internationalist Bolshevik Faction became the Socialist Workers' Party (PTS) in 1988.[2] In 1989 the Partido Obrero Socialista (POS) in Mexico, later renamed Liga de Trabajadores Socialistas (LTS), was also expelled from the IWL-FI.[3] The PTS and the POS founded the Internationalist Faction of the IWL-FI (IFIWL-FI) in 1989.[4]

From 1988 to 1990 the PTS had three splits: first when a number of militants returned to the Argentinian Movement for Socialism (MAS) party, then when another group of militants sympathized with the British Workers Revolutionary Party (Worker Press) and the third when supporters of León Pérez (former member of the International Secretariat of the IWL-FI) decided to follow a mass party perspective (as opposed to a vanguard party).

These splits forced the PTS to make a balance and self-criticism. This resulted in a further development. The PTS and the IFIWL-FI questioned the "update" of the Transitional Program that Nahuel Moreno, the leader of the IWL-FI, had made (his so-called theory of "Democratic Revolution").[5] The PTS and the IFIWL-FI regarded Moreno's update as an "anti-Trotskyist revision" of Leon Trotsky's Theory of Permanent Revolution.[6] The PTS and the IFIWL-FI broke with Moreno's political tradition/heritage, ideology (termed Morenoism) and tendency (the IWL-FI).[7] The IFIWL-FI was renamed Internationalist Faction.

In 1996 the Trotskyist Fraction - International Strategy was founded. By 2004 it consisted of [8] the PTS of Argentina, the LTS of Mexico (current name MTS), the LOR-CI of Bolivia,[9] the Estratégia Revolucionaria, current name Movimento Revolucionário de Trabalhadores (MRT), of Brazil and the Clase contra Clase, current name Partido de Trabajadores Revolucionarios (PTR), of Chile as well as some militant sympathizers in Europe. In 2004, in its second international conference, the Trotskyist Fraction - International Strategy decided to change its name to Trotskyist Fraction - Fourth International (TF-FI).[8] Following the economic crisis and demonstrations in several countries, the TF-FI grew in Latin America and Europe, and its manifesto of 2013 called for the formation of a new grouping: An International Movement for a Socialist Revolution - Fourth International.[10] The manifesto was updated in 2021,[11][12] due to new developments in the international arena.

## National sections

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The largest full section of the TF-FI is the PTS in Argentina.[13] After the 2023 Argentine general election the PTS has four national deputies in the National Congress of Argentina: Nicolás del Caño,[14] Christian Castillo,[15] Myriam Bregman,[16] and Alejandro Vilca.[17]

The Organización Socialista Revolucionaria (Costa Rica), the Frazione Internazionalista Rivoluzionaria (Italy), and the Corriente Socialista de las y los Trabajadores (Peru) became full sections of the TF-FI after endorsing the TF-FI manifesto of 2013.[11]

In 2022 the Révolution Permanente[18] in France became a full section of the TF-FI.[1] Le Journal du Dimanche noted the rising domination of the Révolution Permanente and its youth group, the Le Poing Levé, during the strikes against the French pension reform of 2023.[19] Le Monde remarked that the Révolution Permanente's "media visibility" was "disproportionate" to its size during the 2023 protests.[18] According to Arrêt sur images the website of the Révolution Permanente has become indispensable to striking workers.[20] According to  La Croix, Adèle Haenel, Assa Traoré and Frédéric Lordon are supporters of the organization.[21]

Full sections[1][22][23] | Websites

|

Argentina  | Socialist Workers' Party
(Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas) (PTS)  | https://pts.org.ar/
https://www.laizquierdadiario.com/
Bolivia  | Revolutionary Workers League for the Fourth International
(Liga Obrera Revolucionaria por la Cuarta Internacional) (LOR-CI)  | https://www.laizquierdadiario.com.bo/Bolivia
Brazil  | Revolutionary Workers' Movement
(Movimento Revolucionário de Trabalhadores) (MRT)  | https://www.esquerdadiario.com.br/
Chile  | Revolutionary Workers Party
(Partido de Trabajadores Revolucionarios) (PTR)  | https://www.laizquierdadiario.cl/Chile
France  | Révolution Permanente
(Révolution Permanente) (RP)  | https://www.revolutionpermanente.fr/
Germany  | Revolutionary Internationalist Organisation
(Revolutionäre Internationalistische Organisation) (RIO)  | https://www.klassegegenklasse.org/
Mexico  | Socialist Workers' Movement
(Movimiento de los Trabajadores Socialistas) (MTS)  | https://www.laizquierdadiario.mx/Mexico
Spain  | Workers' Revolutionary Current
(Corriente Revolucionaria de Trabajadores y Trabajadoras) (CRT)  | https://crtweb.org/
https://www.izquierdadiario.es/ES
https://www.esquerradiari.cat/
Uruguay  | Current of Workers for Socialism
(Corriente de Trabajadores por el Socialismo) (CTS)  | https://www.laizquierdadiario.com.uy/Uruguay
USA  | Left Voice (LV)  | https://www.leftvoice.org/
Venezuela  | League of Workers for Socialism
(Liga de Trabajadores por el Socialismo) (LTS)  | https://www.laizquierdadiario.com.ve/Venezuela
Costa Rica  | Revolutionary Socialist Organization
(Organización Socialista Revolucionaria) (OSR)  | https://www.laizquierdadiario.cr/CR
Italy  | Revolutionary Internationalist Fraction
(Frazione Internazionalista Rivoluzionaria) (FIR)  | https://www.lavocedellelotte.it/
Peru  | Workers' Socialist Current
(Corriente Socialista de las y los Trabajadores) (CST)  | https://www.laizquierdadiario.pe/Peru
Sympathiser sections[1][23] | Websites
South Korea  | March to Socialism  | https://socialism.jinbo.net/

Former sections:

* France Groupe Communiste Revolutionaire Internationaliste (Revolutionary Internationalist Communist Group) (CRI) - They were admitted in 2008 as sympathiser section of TF-FI,[24] but after the creation of the New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) they decided to dissolve within the CLAIRE Tendency of the NPA (acronym for "Tendency for Communism and self-organized, internationalist and revolutionary struggle").[25][26] Later, in 2010, the TF-FI militants and the CLAIRE-tendency created "The Collective for a Revolutionary Tendency" inside NPA, which was dissolved after NPA's first congress (February 10 - February 13 2011).[27] In April 2011 the "Revolutionary Communist Current" (CCR) was officially founded by the TF-FI militants,[28][29] after leaving the CLAIRE-tendency in February 13 2011.[30] The CCR was expelled from the NPA in June 2021.[31] In December 2022 the CCR became the Révolution Permanente, the current section of the TF-FI.[32]
* Costa Rica Socialist Revolution League (Liga de la Revolución Socialista) (LRS) - Admitted in 2008 as full section,[24] but they dissolved in 2014.

## See also

[edit]

* List of Trotskyist internationals

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Sobre la XII Conferencia de la Fracción Trotskista por la Cuarta Internacional (FT-CI)". laizquierdadiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-11.
2. ^ "Balance del MAS Período 1987-1992" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-08-07.
3. ^ CEIP León Trotsky. "Alternativa Socialista". ceip.org.ar. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
4. ^ PTS and POS. "Manifiesto de la Fracción Internacionalista de la LIT(CI)". cedinci.org. Retrieved 13 Aug 2024.
5. ^ Moreno, Nahuel (1980). "The Transitional Program Now, Nahuel Moreno". Marxists Internet Archive.
6. ^ Romano, Manolo. "Polemic with the LIT and the theorical legacy of Nahuel Moreno". www.ft-ci.org. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
7. ^ Manolo Romano. "Polémica con la LIT y el Legado Teórico de Nahuel Moreno" [Controversy with the LIT and the Theoretical Legacy of Nahuel Moreno]. ft.org.ar. Retrieved 31 Dec 2013.
8. ^ a b "Se realizó la Segunda Conferencia de la FT". www.ft.org.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-07-12. "En este sentido, y dado los avances de los distintos grupos de la FT expresados más arriba, en la conferencia discutimos 'cambiarnos el nombre, llamarnos Fracción Trotskista-Cuarta Internacional (FT-CI) para indicar la relación que hay entre nuestro carácter de tendencia actual y nuestro objetivo de trabajar día a día... hacia la reconstrucción de la Cuarta Internacional'"
9. ^ "Tesis de la LOR-CI sobre Bolivia. Página 1" (in Spanish). 2009-10-24. Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2018-07-12. "Reivindicamos y hacemos nuestro por ello el "Manifiesto Programático" de la FT de febrero de 1998 y las principales elaboraciones planteadas en la revista Estrategia Internacional (especialmente desde marzo de 1998 hasta la fecha) sobre la crisis capitalista internacional y el programa necesario para responder a la misma, la situación de los ex estados obreros deformados y degenerados, las potencialidades y límites de la lucha campesina, la reivindicación de la centralidad revolucionaria del proletariado, así como una posición e intervención común ante la guerra de los Balcanes."
10. ^ "For a Movement for a Revolutionary Socialist International – The Fourth International". Retrieved 2024-08-06.
11. ^ a b "The Capitalist Disaster and the Struggle for an International of Socialist Revolution". Left Voice. Trotskyist Fraction - Fourth International. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
12. ^ "The Battles of the Trotskyist Fraction". Left Voice. Trotskyist Fraction - Fourth International. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
13. ^ "Reading List on the Trotskyist Fraction". Left Voice.
14. ^ "Nicolás del Caño". Sitio web del PTS.
15. ^ "Christian Castillo". Sitio web del PTS.
16. ^ "Myriam Bregman". Sitio web del PTS.
17. ^ "Alejandro Vilca". Sitio web del PTS.
18. ^ a b "A l'extrême gauche, Révolution permanente tente de dépoussiérer le trotskisme". lemonde.fr. Le Monde. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
19. ^ "Le Poing Levé, l'organisation étudiante qui veut « aider les travailleurs à bloquer le pays »". www.lejdd.fr. Le Journal du Dimanche. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
20. ^ "Révolution Permanente, le média militant qui monte". www.arretsurimages.net. Arrêt sur images. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
21. ^ "Adèle Haenel : qu'est-ce que Révolution permanente, le collectif d'extrême gauche que l'actrice a rejoint?". la-croix.com.  La Croix. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
22. ^ "Organizaciones de la FT". ft-ci.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-07-12.
23. ^ a b "Apoyemos la rebelión del pueblo catalán y su derecho de autodeterminación". La Izquierda Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-07-12.
24. ^ a b "Gran acto de cierre de la V Conferencia Internacionalista" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-07-17. "A su vez, se anunció la incorporación de la LRS de Costa Rica como sección plena de la FT en ese país centroamericano, y del Grupo CRI como sección simpatizante de la FT-CI en Francia."
25. ^ "Groupe CRI | Lettre publique du Groupe CRI à la LCR concernant son projet de thèses politiques pour le nouveau parti anticapitaliste". groupecri.free.fr. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
26. ^ Francia, FT-CI. "Carta desde Francia". www.ft-ci.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-07-12. "Ustedes informan especialmente sobre los análisis y el combate llevado adelante por los firmantes del proyecto de Tendencia que defiende el Comunismo, la Revolución y la Autoorganización (convertida el 14 de febrero en Tendance CLAIRE del NPA – Por el Comunismo, la Lucha Autoorganizada, Internacionalista y Revolucionaria). Ustedes mencionan correctamente que el Groupe CRI ha sido quien propuso este proyecto de Tendencia. Pero ustedes omiten aclarar que el Groupe CRI es, en Francia, la sección simpatizante de la FTCI (de la que el PTS es la sección argentina)."
27. ^ "¿Qué es el Colectivo por una Tendencia Revolucionaria?". ft-ci.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
28. ^ "The Terminal Crisis of the NPA". leftvoice.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
29. ^ "El problema no es el portavoz, sino la orientación y el tipo de partido que queremos construir". ft-ci.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
30. ^ CLAIR (17 June 2024). "Archive : historique de la Tendance CLAIRE en tant que tendance du NPA" (in French).
31. ^ "Scission ou exclusion ? Le NPA secoué par une importante crise interne". lemonde.fr. Le Monde. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
32. ^ "Bases politiques d'une nouvelle organisation révolutionnaire". revolutionpermanente.fr. Révolution Permanente. Retrieved 2024-07-20.

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