League for the Fifth International explained

League for the Fifth International
Map:L5I.png
Abbreviation:L5I
Formation:1989
Dissolved:-->
Type:International league of Trotskyist organizations.
Purpose:To form a new international organization of Communist parties
Main Organ:Fifth International
Affiliations:Trotskyism

The League for the Fifth International (L5I) is an international grouping of revolutionary Trotskyist organisations around a common programme and perspectives.

History

L5I was founded as the Movement for a Revolutionary Communist International. Its first members groups were Workers' Power in Britain, the Irish Workers Group, Pouvoir Ouvrier in France, and Gruppe Arbeitermacht (GAM) in Germany. After a congress in 1989 the organisation adopted a common programme, the Trotskyizt Manifesto, and a democratic centralist constitution, under which each national section agreed to be bound by the decisions of the international organisation as a whole.

Publications

The League publishes a quarterly English-language journal entitled Fifth International. The majority of writers for this appear to be from the British group, although other sections publish journals in their own languages. Revolutionärer Marxismus is the German-language journal. The League previously published the journal "Permanent Revolution", a more theoretical journal which looked at tactics that communist organisations use, theories of imperialism, and similar questions. This was followed by "Trotskyist International" which, although still theoretical, also looked more at current affairs.

Member organisations

!Country!Name!Misc.!Ref
Arbeiter*innenstandpunkt
Liga Socialista (Brazil)[1]
Workers PowerFormerly Red Flag. Entered the Labour Party in 2015.[2] [3] [4]
Gruppe Arbeitermacht
Arbetarmakt
Revolutionary Socialist Movement
Workers Power USA[5]
The L5I also has individual members in Ireland and Lebanon.

Groups that share a common history with L5I

!Country!Name!Misc.!Ref
Der Neue KursSplit from Arbeiter*innenstandpunkt in 2006[6]
Permanent Revolution TendencySplit from Workers' Power in 2006, dissolved in 2013[7]
Socialistická organizace pracujícíchAppears to be defunct
Communist Workers' GroupSplit from L5I in 1995[8]
Socialist Party of Sri LankaSplit from L5I in 2020[9]
Movement Towards Socialism[10]

See also

References

  1. Web site: Liga Socialista website . Liga Socialista . 11 Nov 2021.
  2. Web site: Jeremy Corbyn's programme – a revolutionary socialist assessment . Stockton . Dave . 15 September 2015 . Workers' Power . 11 Nov 2021.
  3. News: Who we are . Workers Power. 2021-11-11 . en-GB.
  4. Web site: Why we are relaunching Workers Power . 27 August 2021 . Workers' Power . 11 Nov 2021.
  5. Web site: Workers Power US website . 11 Nov 2021.
  6. Web site: Permanent Revolution – New Course – Number 1 – Journal of the former Ast Opposition . www.permanentrevolution.net . en . 2018-05-11 .
  7. Web site: Permanent Revolution – Permanent Revolution – dissolution statement . www.permanentrevolution.net . en . 2018-05-11 .
  8. Web site: CWGNZ . https://web.archive.org/web/20091028044943/http://www.geocities.com/communistworker/CWGNZ.html . dead . 2009-10-28 . 2009-10-28 . 2018-05-11.
  9. Web site: Interview with representatives of the Socialist Party of Sri Lanka (SPSL). 13 July 2022.
  10. Web site: Движение к социализму. dead. ru. http://web.archive.org/web/20120118092024/http://www.masrusorg.blogspot.com/. 18 January 2012.

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