The Fourth International
Olivier Besancenot in Poland
By Ulrich Rippert, May 23, 2009
Olivier Besancenot’s participation in the European election congress of the Polish Party of Labour (PPP) last weekend makes clear the real aims of his newly founded Anti-Capitalist Party (Parti Anti...
Internationalism and the struggle for socialism
By Nick Beams, May 20, 2009
The following is the text of a report given by Nick Beams, national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), to the WSWS/SEP/ISSE regional conferences, “The world economic crisis, the ...
Greek protest movement requires a socialist perspective
PASOK and SYRIZA: no alternative to the right-wing government
By the European sections of the ICFI, January 9, 2009
Statement to be distributed to the mass demonstrations of students and youth taking place in Athens on Friday, January 9.
Australia: The DSP split and Socialist Alliance—another opportunist debacle
By Laura Tiernan, December 6, 2008
Six months after a devastating split in the Democratic Socialist Perspective, the 6th national conference of Socialist Alliance this weekend will provide further proof of the crisis gripping the DSP a...
Sri Lankan SEP marks 70th anniversary of Fourth International
By our correspondents, December 1, 2008
The Socialist Equality Party and International Students for Social Equality public meeting in Sri Lanka addressed the necessity of an international socialist perspective derived from the struggles of ...
On the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Fourth International
By David North, November 3, 2008
The following report was given by David North, national chairman of the Socialist Equality Party and chairman of the international editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site, to a meeting entitle...
SEP public meetings in Ann Arbor, New York, and California
70th Anniversary of the Fourth International: Socialism and the Future of Humanity
October 14, 2008
The world economy is entering a period of crisis on a scale not seen since the Great Depression. The ideological buttresses of the capitalist system are disintegrating, as the miracles of the “free ...
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party—Part 11
October 10, 2008
Among the political consequences of the dissolution of the Soviet Union was the proliferation of nationalist and separatist movements demanding the creation of new states.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party—Part 10
October 9, 2008
The Socialist Equality Party (US) today continues publication of The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party. The document was discussed extensively and adopted unanim...
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party—Part 9
October 8, 2008
The Socialist Equality Party (US) today continues publication of The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party. The document was discussed extensively and adopted unanim...
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party—Part 8
October 7, 2008
The world capitalist crisis and the escalation of class conflict brought to the surface political problems in the Workers League. The growth of the League in the late 1960s and early 1970s had been ba...
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party—Part 7
October 6, 2008
The Socialist Equality Party (US) today continues publication of The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party. The document was discussed extensively and adopted unanim...


