Fourth International
The Fourth International was established in France in 1938 by Trotsky and his supporters. The Trotskyists considered the Third International as effectively puppets of Stalinism. The Fourth International suffered a major split in 1940 and an even more significant schism in 1953. A partial reunification of the schismatic factions occurred in 1963, but the organization never recovered sufficiently. The current incarnation of the Fourth International does not operate as a cohesive entity.
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The Fourth International was established in France in 1938 by Trotsky and his supporters. The Trotskyists considered the Third International as effectively puppets of Stalinism. The Fourth International suffered a major split in 1940 and an even more significant schism in 1953. A partial reunification of the schismatic factions occurred in 1963, but the organization never recovered sufficiently, and it failed to re-emerge as a single transnational grouping. The current incarnation of the Fourth International does not operate as a cohesive entity in the manner of its predecessors. There is no longer a single, centralized cohesive Fourth International. Despite this, many parts of the world, including Latin America, Europe and Asia, continue to have large Trotskyist groupings who are attracted to its anti-Stalinist positions and its defense of proletarian internationalism. A political international is an organisation of political parties or activists with the aim of co-ordinating their activity for a common purpose. There has been a long tradition of socialists organising on an international basis, which became the first international, the International Workingmen’s Association, which later became the Communist International. This was disbanded in 1916 following disagreements over World War I. The Socialist International reformed in 1923 and became the Labour and Socialist International, which they regarded as a central component of the fight to fight capitalism. The Communist International was organised on a democratic basis, with several centralist parties required to fight on a centralist basis.
Although the Third. International was reformed in 1889, it was still regarded as the centralist component on which they fought to fight the capitalist system. The Third International disbanded in 1876 and was replaced by the Socialist International which was organised by the Communist Party of the United States of America (C.A.U.S.A). This was the basis for the International Socialist Party (ISP), which was formed in 1894. The ISP was the first political organisation of its kind to be organised on the basis of a democratic, centralist, democratic and socialist programme. It was also the first organisation to be established on a national basis, and was based in New York City, New York, and London. The PSI was founded in 1903 and was the inspiration for the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB). The PSGB was the precursor to the British Communist Party (BCP) and the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). The P.C.P. was the predecessor to the Socialist Labour Party (SLP), founded in 1913 and based in London, London, Paris, Berlin and Moscow. The PSC was the forerunner of the Socialist National Party (SNP) which was founded on the principles of the International Workers’ Party (ITP) The PNC was the founder of the World Socialist Party, which was based on the Russian Communist Party and the Internationalist Party (ICP). It was founded by Trotsky in 1921 and was known as the ‘Left Opposition’ or ‘Trotskyists’ The PSP was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1928 and Trotsky was exiled to Turkey in 1928.
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