Fourth International
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The Fourth International is a global association of Trotskyist organizations founded in 1938 to continue revolutionary socialist and internationalist traditions in opposition to both capitalism and Stalinism.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Secretariat of the Fourth International | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Trotskyist international organization
ⓘ
political international ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | World Party of Socialist Revolution ⓘ |
| basedOn |
theory of permanent revolution
ⓘ
transitional program ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
democratic workers' councils
ⓘ
proletarian internationalism ⓘ world socialist revolution ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Ernest Mandel
ⓘ
James P. Cannon ⓘ Leon Trotsky ⓘ Pierre Frank ⓘ Rudolf Klement ⓘ |
| hasIdeologicalPredecessor |
Comintern
ⓘ
surface form:
Communist International
Left Opposition ⓘ |
| hasMemberOrganization |
Revolutionary Communist League (France)
ⓘ
Revolutionary Socialist League (Britain) ⓘ Socialist Workers Party (United States) ⓘ |
| hasOrgan |
International Committee of the Fourth International
ⓘ
surface form:
International Executive Committee of the Fourth International
Fourth International self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
International Secretariat of the Fourth International
|
| hasSplitInto |
Committee for a Workers' International
ⓘ
International Committee of the Fourth International ⓘ International Committee of the Fourth International ⓘ
surface form:
International Workers League – Fourth International
United Secretariat of the Fourth International ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Cold War
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism
ⓘ
Trotskyism ⓘ revolutionary socialism ⓘ |
| inception | 1938 ⓘ |
| inceptionEvent | Founding Congress of the Fourth International ⓘ |
| inceptionPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| motto | Workers of the world, unite ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Stalinist bureaucracy in the Soviet Union
ⓘ
fascism ⓘ imperialism ⓘ social democracy ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
anti-Stalinist
ⓘ
anti-capitalist ⓘ internationalist ⓘ |
| position | far-left ⓘ |
| programDocument | The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International ⓘ |
| purpose |
to continue the revolutionary socialist and internationalist traditions of Marxism
ⓘ
to oppose Stalinism ⓘ to oppose capitalism ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
International Secretariat of the Fourth International