The Fourth International
An example to the new generation
By Helen Halyard, November 26, 2007
It is hard to believe that a third of a century has passed since I first met Jean Brust at a meeting of the Workers League, forerunner of the Socialist Equality Party, in 1972. It was shortly after I ...
A life as a revolutionary
By Fred Mazelis, November 26, 2007
The tenth anniversary of the death of Comrade Jean Brust is a time for serious reflection on the meaning of Jean’s life as a revolutionary, which spanned approximately the last six decades of th...
Ten years since the death of Jean Brust, veteran Trotskyist
November 26, 2007
November 24 marks ten years since the death of Jean Brust, a founding member of the Socialist Equality Party and its predecessor, the Workers League. Brust, a veteran of 60 years fighting for socialis...
Livio Maitan, 1923-2004: a critical assessment
Part 3: A “Trotskyist” in Rifondazione Comunista
By Peter Schwarz, November 6, 2004
This is the third and final part of a series on the political career of Livio Maitan, who died in Rome in September at the age of 81. With Ernest Mandel, Maitan was one of the best-known representativ...
Livio Maitan, 1923-2004: a critical assessment
Part 2: Castro, Che Guevara and the armed struggle
By Peter Schwarz, November 5, 2004
This is the second part of a three-part series on the political career of Livio Maitan, who died in Rome in September at the age of 81. With Ernest Mandel, Maitan was one of the best-known representat...
Livio Maitan, 1923-2004: a critical assessment
Part 1: A “Trotskyist” in the Communist Party
By Peter Schwarz, November 4, 2004
We are publishing here the first part of a three-part series on the political career of Livio Maitan, who died in Rome in September. We will post the second and third parts in the course of this week.
Meetings on 50 years of the International Committee of the Fourth International
Nick Beams: “The program of the ICFI has stood the test of time”
December 23, 2003
The Socialist Equality Party in Australia held a public meeting in Sydney on December 21 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding the International Committee of the Fourth International (IC...
Meetings on 50 years of the International Committee of the Fourth International
Chris Marsden: The split with the WRP and the ascendancy of Trotskyism
December 8, 2003
On November 16, 1953, the US Socialist Workers Party (SWP) published an Open Letter that called upon orthodox Trotskyists all over the world to unite in a struggle against a revisionist tendency under...
Meetings on 50 years of the International Committee of the Fourth International
Peter Schwarz: “The founding principles have been confirmed”
By Peter Schwarz, December 6, 2003
On November 16, 1953, the US Socialist Workers Party (SWP) published an Open Letter that called upon orthodox Trotskyists all over the world to unite in a struggle against a revisionist tendency under...
David North addresses Sri Lankan Trotskyists on the 50th anniversary of the ICFI
By a correspondent, November 21, 2003
To mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI), David North, Chairman of the WSWS International Editorial Board, addressed a meeting of ...
The Heritage We Defend: A Contribution to the History of the Fourth International
Chapter 18: James P. Cannon’s “Open Letter”
November 15, 2003
For all the vehemence of Banda’s denunciation of the “Open Letter,” the readers of his “27 Reasons” will search in vain for any analysis of this document. He vilifies it ...
The Heritage We Defend: A Contribution to the History of the Fourth International
Chapter 17: The Split in the Fourth International
November 15, 2003
It is hardly surprising that the renegade Michael Banda centers his denunciation of the International Committee on the document which summoned Trotskyists all over the world to fight a revisionist can...
