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Fourth International: International Discussion Bulletins Library

1977-85

These bulletins were published by the U.S. Socialist Workers Party as a fraternal courtesy for the United Secretariat of the Fourth International.

Vol. 14, No. 1, January 1977 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The Declaration of the Bolshevik Tendency


Vol. 14, No. 2, April, 1977 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Key issues in the Portuguese, Italian, and Mexican Elections by Barry Sheppard
Plus Resolutions of the Subsequent Meetings of the Central Committee and Executive Committee

Statement on the Portugese Elections by United Secretariat Members Claudio, Duret, Fourier, Georges, Jones, Rudi, Walter, Werner

Statement on the Mexican Elections by Claudio, Duret, Fourier, Georges, Walter, Werner

Statement by the Leninist Trotskyist Faction on the 1976 Portuguese Presidential Elections

Statement by the Leninist Trotskyist Faction on the 1976 Italian Presidential Elections

Statement by the Leninist Trotskyist Faction on the 1976 Mexican Presidential Election Presidential Elections

Statement by the Steering Committee of the Leninist Trotskyist Faction

World Movement Report, by Mary-Alice Waters, adopted January 4, 1976, by the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party


Vol. 14, No. 3, May, 1977 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Correction Concerning the “Self-Criticism on Latin America” the International Majority Tendency

September 18, 1976, Letter from United Secretariat to the Organizing Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth Internationl

Motion on OCRFI Passed Unanimously at October 1976 United Secretariat Meeting

October 27, 1976, Letter and Statement of the OCRFI Letter to OCRFI Approved by November 13-14, 1976, United Secretariat Meeting

Motion and Statement by Jones at November 13-14, 1976, United Secretariat Meeting

December 8, 1976, Letter from Comrades Barnes, Hansen, Sheppard, and Waters to the United Secretariat

Enclosure: Preface to La Correspondance internationale. No. 1, October 1976

December 10, 1976, Letter from OCRFI to United Secretariat

Letter to Comrades Barnes, Hansen, Sheppard, and Waters Approved by December 20-21, 1976, United Secretariat Meeting

Motion and Statement by Jones at December 20-21, 1976, Meeting of United Secretariat

Message from United Secretariat to Meeting of International Bureau of OCRFI December 26-30, 1976

Statement to United Secretariat from OCRFI International Bureau United Meeting

Statement by Atwood, Galois, Johnson, and Therese at February 5-7, 1977 United Secretariat Meeting

March 7, 1977, Letter from OCRFI to United Secretariat

Motion on OCRFI adopted Unanimously on March 22-23, 1977 United Secretariat Meeting

Statement by Galois and Johnson at March 22-23, 1977 United Secretariat Meeting

Motion Concerning SWP Convention Adopted by Central Committee of French LCR in August 1976

November 14, 1976, Letter from United Secretariat to Lutte Ouvriere

December 9 1976, Letter from Lutte Ouvriere to United Secretariat


Vol. 14, No. 4, May, 1977 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

For an Intervention by Sections of the Fourth International Against the Oppression of Women, submitted by Allio, Darmelle, Ellis and Nina


Vol. 14, No. 5, May, 1977 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The Meaning of the IMT Steering Committee’s Self-Criticism on Latin America, by Jack Barnes

    Appendix I: “Four Answers to Four Questions,” excerpt from “In Defense of the Leninist Strategy of Party Building,” by Joseph Hansen. Reprinted from IIDB collection Discussion on Latin America (1968-1972)
    Appendix II: “Turning-Point in the Cuban Revolution.” Reprinted from Fourth International (English-language publication of International Secretariat prior to reunification). Number 10, Summer 1960
    Appendix III: “On the Nature of the Cuban Revolution.” Reprinted from Fourth International, Number 12, Winter 1960-61 Appendix IV: “On the Character of the Algerian Government.” Reprinted from World Outlook, Vol. 2, No. 8, February 21, 1964

Vol. 14, No. 6, July, 1977 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The ‘Draft Resolution on the Indochinese Revolution for the Eleventh World Congress’—Where It Goes Wrong by Fred Feldman


Vol. 14, No. 7, September, 1977 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Declaration of the International Majority Tendency

A Reply to the ‘Declaration of the International Majority Tendency, by Barry Sheppard

Two Articles on Portugal—

    ‘How the Workers Commissions Developed in Portugal,’ by Charles Michaloux
    The Fight for Trade-Union Democracy in Portugal,’ by Charles Michaloux


Vol. 14, No. 8, September, 1977 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Dissolve the International Factions! by Barry Sheppard. World movement report adopted by the national convention of the Socialist Workers Party, August 12, 1977

The Accomplishments of the Leninist Trotskyist Faction: A Balance Sheet, by Jack Barnes. Report adopted by the Leninist Trotskyist Faction Steering Committee, August 17, 1977

For the Immediate Dissolution of the Leninist Trotskyist Faction, by Barry Sheppard. Report adopted by the Leninist Trotskyist Faction Steering Committee, August 17, 1977

Letter to the Members of the Leninist Trotskyist Faction


Vol. 15, No. 1, March, 1978 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The Responsibilities of the Leninist Trotskyist Faction in the New Stage of the International Debate, by Melan, Nemo, and Sarah

    Appendix I: The Debate on Europe and the Responsibilities of the Leninist Trotskyist Faction, by Carmen, Gabriel, Letoumeau, Melan, Nemo, Raul. Seldjouk, Ulysse
    Appendix II: After the IMT Declaration: Against Factionalism, For the Correction of the International’s Course, by Melan and Nemo


Vol. 15, No. 2, April, 1978 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Report to the January 29, 1978, United Secretariat Meeting on the Situation in the Colombian PST, by Jean-Pierre Riel

Motions on Colombia Passed at January 1978 United Secretariat Meeting

    Appendix A: May 1977 Letter to the Executive Committee of the Socialist Bloc, by Nahuel Moreno
    Appendix B: Transcript of May 10-11, 1977, Discussion at PST Executive Committee Meeting
    Appendix C: Platform of the Pro-Bolshevization Tendency Formed at September 1977 PST Convention
    Appendix D: October 15, 1977, Letter to the Executive Committee and Control Commission of the PST, by Olga Cifuentes
    Appendix E: September 30, 1977, Letter to the Executive Committee and Control Commission of the PST, by Gladys Jimeno and Statement by Camilo Gonzalez (Published October 4, 1977)
    Appendix F: Balance Sheet of the PST Convention, From PST Internal Bulletin No. 35, October 4, 1977
    Appendix G: Activities Report Presented at September PST Convention, by E. Barragan
    Appendix H: December 12, 1977, Report to Central Committee of the Colombian PST, by Greco
    Appendix I: On the Sanction of Comrade Ricardo Sanchez, by Gladys Jimeno
    Appendix J: Information for the Exclusive Use of Central Committee Members, December 9-10, 1977, Central Committee Meeting
    Appendix K: PST Central Committee Resolution on the Proletarian Democracy Tendency and Sanctions
    Appendix L: Declaration of the Proletarian Democracy Tendency and Counterreport on the Party Regime
    Appendix M: PST Central Committee Resolution Disciplining Jaime Galarza
    Appendix N: January 20, 1978, Appeal to United Secretariat From Leaders of the PST Who Formed the Proletarian Democracy Tendency
    Appendix O: PST Central Committee Resolution on the Dissolution of Tendencies
    Appendix P: December 12, 1977 Appeal for a Special Convention of the PST, by Socorro Ramirez
    Appendix Q: Motion Adopted by PST Executive Committee on the Question of Holding a Special Convention
    Appendix R: Memorandum to United Secretariat From Proletarian Democracy Tendency Supporters
    Appendix S: January 25, 1978, Letter to United Secretariat From PST Executive Committee
    Appendix T: Excerpt from Minutes of United Secretariat Meeting, January 27-29, 1978
    Appendix U: January 1978 Letter to United Secretariat, by Socorro Ramirez
    Appendix V: Report From Colombian LCR Leadership on the Situation of the ‘UNIOS’ Election Campaign and the Unification of the PST and LCR


Vol. 15, No. 3, May, 1978 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Notes on the “Draft Theses on the Tactics of the Fourth International in Capitalist Europe,” by International Commission, International Communist League, Dutch Section of the Fourth International

The Coming Revolution in Europe, Contribution to the Discussion Preparatory to the Fifth World Congress Since Reunification (11th World Congress), by Letourneau, Nemo, Seldjouk, and Ulysse


Vol. 15, No. 4, May, 1978 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Socialist Revolution and the Struggle for Women's Liberation, Draft Resolution of the Fifth World Congress Since Reunification (11th World Congress), submitted by the United Secretariat

Excerpt from Minutes of the United Secretariat Metting, March 21, April 1-2, 1978


Vol. 15, No. 5, July, 1978 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The World Political Situation and the Tasks of the Fourth International, Draft Resolution for the Fifth World Congress since Reunification (11th World Congress), submitted by Majority of the United Secretariat


Vol. 15, No. 6, December, 1978 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Resolution on Latin America, Draft Resolution for Fifth World Congress Since Reunification (11th World Congress), Submitted by Majority of the United Secretariat


Vol. 15, No. 7, December, 1978 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Call for the Formation of an International Tendency, by Letourneau, Nemo, Seldjouk, Ulysse

For a Change in the Fourth International’s Position on Cuba: An Introduction to the Discussion, by Francois Massion, Ligue Revolutionnaire des Travailleurs of Belgium; Andres, Rodrigo, and Sara, Organization Socialista de los Trabajadores of Costa Rica; and David Keil, Socialist Workers Party of the United States


Vol. 16, No. 1, March, 1979 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The Crisis in Capitalist Europe and the Present Tasks of the Fourth International, Draft Resolution for Fifth World Congress Since Reunification (11th World Congress), Submitted by Majority of United Secretariat

Glossary of Initials Used in Text

Corrections: “The World Political Situation and the Tasks of the Fourth International.”

Correction: “Resolution on Latin America.”


Vol. 16, No. 2, May, 1979 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

To the Latin American Comrades: Notes on the Bolshevik Tendency, by Hugo Blanco

Women’s Caucuses Within a Revolutionary Organisation, Adopted by National Conference of the International Marxist Group, British section of the Fourth International

Contribution on the Specific Oppression of Women in Latin America, Their Struggles, and the Orientation of the Fourth International, by the Women’s Commission of the Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores, Mexican section of the Fourth International

Exchange of Correspondence Between the United Secretariat Bureau and the Revolutionary Communist Group of Lebanon


Vol. 16, No. 3, July, 1979 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The Revolutionary Dictatorship of the Proletariat, by Nahuel Moreno

Declaration and Platform of the Bolshevik Faction


Vol. 16, No. 4, July, 1979 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Statement of Majority Caucus of the United Secretariat and Bureau, July 11, 1979

On the Women’s Liberation Resolution, by Harlow, IMG, Britain, July 7, 1979

Why We Do Not Support the Draft ‘World Political Resolution’, Leninist Trotskyist Tendency, France, March 1979


Vol. 16, No. 5, September, 1979 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

What is the Bolshevik Faction? An Initial Appraisal by Pedro Camejo


Vol. 16, No. 6, October, 1979 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Report on ‘Socialist Revolution and the Struggle for Women’s Liberation’ by Mary-Alice Waters, adopted by the 30th National Convention, Socialist Workers Party of the United States

On Women’s Caucuses, by Allio

Building the Leadership of a Proletarian Party, [excerpts from report by Mary-Alice Waters, adopted by SWP National Committee May, 1979.]


Vol. 16, No. 7, October, 1979 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Statement by Alan Jones, from Minutes of United Secretariat Meeting, July 2-4, 1979

Proposed Amendments to ‘Resolution on Latin America,’ by C.D. Estrada, June 1979

Critical Remarks on the United Secretariat’s Text on ‘Eurocommunism,’ submitted by Leninist Trotskyist Tendency; and Dani, Arpo (Spain); Strawson (Britain); Georgiou, Alice, A. Dimitriou, (Greece); October 1978

‘European Elections’: Against ‘Participation,’ For An Internationalist Campaign, by the Leninist Trotskyist Tendency, February 1979

Concerning the March 1978 Legislative Elections in France, submitted by Leninist Trotskyist Tendency; and Dani, Arpo (Spain); Strawson (Britain); Georgiou, Alice, A. Dimitriou (Greece); and Amador, Andres, Sara (Costa Rica)

Dissolve the IMT! Strengthen the International!, by Duret. Report adopted by the International Majority Tendency Steering Committee, October 1977


Vol. 16, No. 8, October, 1979 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Additional and Alternative Writings to the United Secretariat Draft Resolution ‘Socialist Revolution and the Struggle for Women’s Liberation,’ by Political Bureau, KAF Sweden

Suggestions and Modifications to the Resolution ‘Socialist Revolution and the Struggle for Women’s Liberation,’ by José Valdes

Amendments to the World Political Resolution Proposed by the Two Reporters, Celso and Walter

Amendments to the World Political Resolution by Gabriel-Casals, LCR France

Criticisms of the ‘Resolution on Latin America,’ Some Reflections and Proposed Amendments, by Heredia

Proposed Amendments to ‘Resolution on Latin America,’ by Carlos Rossi

On the Positions of the Bolshevik Faction, by Pereyra and Sergio Cabrera (GOR Argentina), Members LCR Spain

October 1977 Letter to the Leadership Committee of the IMT, by Comrade Hoffmann, LCR France


Vol. 16, No. 9, October, 1979 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

First Comments on Nahuel Moreno’s ‘The Revolutionary Dictatorship of the Proletariat,’ by Ernest Mandel

Against the Draft Resolution on ‘Socialist Democracy and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat,’ by Yoshichi Sakai

Regarding the Secretariat’s Document ‘Socialist Democracy and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat,’ by Sergio Domecq, LSR, Argentina

Democracy and Socialism, by C.D. Estrada

Regarding the Secretariat’s Document ‘Socialist Democracy and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat,’ by Heredia, Argentina


Vol. 16, No. 10, October, 1979 SPECIAL WORLD CONGRESS EDITION International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Why We Propose an Alternative Text to Chapter V in the Draft Political Resolution to the XI World Congress

Alternative Chapter V to the Draft Political Resolution By the Political Bureau of KAF (Communist Workers League)


Vol. 17, No. 1, April, 1979 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Fifth World Congress Since Reunification (Eleventh World Congress) November 1979

1. Minutes

2. Appendices

1. Voting Record


Vol. 18, No. 1, April, 1982 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The Deepening Proletarian Turn in World Politics: Part I, Resolution adopted by the 1981 National Convention of the Socialist Workers Party, United States

New Steps Toward Resolving the World Crisis of Working-Class Leadership, by Steve Clark, SWP, United States

Greetings to the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) of France, by Cindy Jaquith, SWP, United States

Some Thoughts on Some ‘Greetings.’ by the Political Bureau, Revolutionary Communist League, France

The Nicaraguan Workers and Farmers Government and the Revolutionary Leadership of the FSLN, by Jack Barnes, SWP, United States

Poland: An Exchange of Views — How to Aid Workers’ Struggle, Letter by Pierre Frank, Livio Maitan, and Ernest Mandel, and a reply by Steve Clark, George Novack, and Larry Seigle

Criticisms on the U.S. SWP's Opinion on Cuba, by Peng Shu-tse, Revolutionary Communist Party, China


Vol. 18, No. 2, May, 1982 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

A Contribution to the Debate on Castroism and the Fourth International, by Jerome and Matti, Revolutionary Communist League, France

Debate on the Origins of the Indochinese Crisis, by Pierre Rousset, Revolutionary Communist League, France

A Reply to Steve Clark, by Segur, Clelia, Revolutionary Communist League, France; and Frej, Socialist Party, Sweden

HVK Theses on the Iranian Revolution, Theses adopted by the 1981 convention of the Workers Unity Party, Iran

War and the New Stage of the Iranian Revolution, Resolution adopted by the 1981 convention of the Workers Unity Party, Iran

On the Present Political Situation in Iran, Statement by the Socialist Workers Party, Iran

The July 1979 Revolution of Nicaragua — Its Class Nature, the Specificities and the Major Problems, by Chan, Revolutionary Communist League, Japan; and Jaber, Revolutionary Communist Group, Lebanon


Vol. 18, No. 3, June, 1982 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Call for the Twelfth World Congress, Sixth Since Reunification, of the Fourth International

Celebrating the October Revolution

    On the Fourth Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, by V.I. Lenin
    How Lenin Saw the Russian Revolution, by Doug Jenness, Socialist Workers Party, United States

The Debate Over the Character and Goals of the Russian Revolution, by Ernest Mandel, Revolutionary Workers League, Belgium

Our Political Continuity with Bolshevism, by Doug Jenness, SWP, United States


Vol. 18, No. 4, June, 1982 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Workers States and Stalinism After the Second World War, by Y. Sakai, Revolutionary Communist League, Japan

How Sectarians Misrepresented Trotskyism in Cuba, by Jose G. Perez, Socialist Workers Party, United States

For an Independent, Federal and Socialist Afghanistan, Resolution adopted by the May 1981 meeting of the International Executive Committee of the Fourth International

Against the Attacks of the Reactionary Forces and the Imperialist Maneuvers, Fight for an Afghan Workers State! Resolution rejected by the May 1981 meeting of the International Executive Committee of the Fourth International

The Vietnamese Communist Party and the Leaderships of the Colonial Revolution: Old Debates and New Ones, by Roman, Revolutionary Communist League, France

The Basis and Contradictions of Cuba’s International Policy, by Claudio, Revolutionary Communist League, Italy


Vol. 18, No. 5, June, 1982 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

For a Workers and Farmers Government in the United States, by Jack Barnes, SWP, United States

    Appendix I: Introductory Note to ‘Workers and Farmers Governments Since the Second World War,’ by Joseph Hansen
    Appendix II: Letter from Joseph Hansen to Robert Chester (1975)
    Appendix III: An Exchange of Letters Between Joseph Hansen and Robert Chester (1969-70)
    Appendix IV: On the Character of the Algerian Government, 1964 statement by United Secretariat
    Appendix V: From Blanqui to Moncada, by Joseph Hansen
    Appendix VI: Resolution on Workers and Peasants Government Adopted at the June 1923 ECCI Plenum
    Appendix VII: Zinoviev’s Report at the June 1923 ECCI Plenum
    Appendix VIII: The Social Transformation in Eastern Europe, China and Cuba, by Joseph Hansen
    Appendix IX: From ‘Two Proposals’ by George Breitman
    Appendix X: A Proposed Change in Transitional Slogans, 1967 motion by SWP Political Committee


Vol. 18, No. 6, September, 1982 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Effective Solidarity with Polish Workers and the Struggle Against Imperialism, by Ernest Mandel, Revolutionary Workers League, Belgium

Revolution and Counterrevolution in Poland, Resolution adopted by the May 1982 meeting of the International Executive Committee of the Fourth International

Report to the May 1982 IEC on the Building of the Fourth International and the Crisis of International Revolutionary Leadership, Presented for the Bureau of the United Secretariat by Comrade Segur, Revolutionary Communist League, France

Building Revolutionary Youth Organisations in the Imperialist Countries, Resolution adopted by the May 1982 meeting of the International Executive Committee of the Fourth International


Vol. 18, No. 7, October, 1982 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Party Building and the Turn to Industry, Report to the May 1982 IEC meeting

Report on the Grenadian Revolution, by Pat Kane, International Marxist Group, Britain

The Third Iranian Revolution and the Fourth International, (A Criticism of “Draft Resolution on Iran”), by Nader Afra, Workers Unity Party (HVK), Iran


Vol. 19, No. 1, May, 1982 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The Stakes Involved in the 12th World Congress are Fundamental for the Fourth International, by Allio, Claudio, Clelia, Duret, Frej, Jones, Segur, Walter

Tendency Declaration, by Heredia, Hoffman, Mill, Nivert, Tess, Revolutionary Communist League, France

Why We Oppose the SWP’s New Line on Castroism, by Steve Bloom, Socialist Workers Party, United States

Counter Report on Poland, by Nat Weinstein, Socialist Workers Party, United States

Political Principles and Organization Methods, by Milton Alvin, Socialist Workers Party, United States


Vol. 19, No. 2, May, 1982 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

In Defense of Trotskyism, by Nat Weinstein, Socialist Workers Party, United States

The Revolution in Central America and the Caribbean and Its Place in the International Class Struggle, by Frank Lovell and Steve Bloom, Socialist Workers Party, United States

Lenin and the Theory of ‘Democratic Dictatorship,’ A Reply to Doug Jenness, by Les Evans, Socialist Workers Party, United States


Vol. 19, No. 3, June, 1982 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Against the War by the Khomeini-IRP Regime Against Iraq — For the Anti-Imperialist Unity of Arab and Iranian Workers and Peasants, by Political Bureau of the Central Committee, Revolutionary Communist League, Japan

On the Causes of the Triumph of the CCP and the Failure of Chinese Trotskyists in the 3rd Chinese Revolution — A Reply to the Pengs, by F. H. Wang


Vol. 19, No. 4, December, 1982 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Theses on the International Situation Resolution adopted by the October 1983 meeting of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International


Vol. 20, No. 1, January, 1984 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Correction to Theses on the International Situation

Revolution and Counter-revolution in Poland Resolution adopted by the October 1983 meeting of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International


Vol. 20, No. 2, April, 1984 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Building a Party of Revolutionary Workers by Adair, Clynes, and Ellis, Socialist League, Britain

Why the Resolution “Revolution and Counterrevolution in Poland” is a Fundamental Challenge to the Marxist Foundations of the Fourth International by John Steele, Revolutionary Socialist League, Canada

The International Counter-offensive of Imperialism and the Tasks of the Fourth International by Alan Jones, Socialist League, Britain

On the Workers and Peasants Government by Ernest Mandel, Revolutionary Workers League, Belgium


Vol. 20, No. 3, July, 1984 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The Cuban Revolution and its Extension: Counter Resolution of the Socialist Workers Party, Australia Presented by Doug Lorimer, Peter Camejo, and Jim Percy

Why the Prgmatists Slander the Revolutionists by Adolfo Gilly, Revolutionary Workers Party, Mexico

Criticsm of the International Executive Committee Majority Document on Cuba by Peter Camejo, member of IEC


Vol. 20, No. 4, July, 1984 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:


Report on the Present Stage of Building the International
Adopted by the United Secretariat, January 26, 1984

I. Should our Program be Revised?

    1) What is at stake?
    2) The revolutionary heritage and historic role of the Fourth International
    3) The theory of permanent revolution: an "obstacle"?
    4) Upward or downward revision of the political revolution?
    5) Immediate relevance and unity of our fundamental program.

II. Turning Towards the Castroist Leadership or Positioning Ourselves in the Overall Recomposition Process of the International Workers Movement and Vanguard?

    1) "Turning towards the Castroist current"?
    2) An overall recomposition process of the workers movement
    3) Building the Fourth International, preparing the conditions for a mass revolutionary International

III. What Sort of International Today?

    1) What overall perspectives?
    2) The turn to industry and proletarianization
    3) The youth organizations
    4) What type of functioning and centralization?
    5) What kind of leadership system?

IV. Appendices

    1) Notes on building the sections in Europe
    2) Notes on building the sections in Latin America


Vol. 20, No. 5, September, 1984 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The Present Phase of the World Revolution by Alan Jones

Poland: or How a Resolution That Poses No Problems Does Not Resolve Any by Sandor, Revolutionary Communist League, France


Vol. 20, No. 6, September, 1984 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Theses on the Nature of Bennism and the Tasks of the IMG Adopted by the national conference of the British section of the Fourth International, December 1982

Proposed Amendments to the Draft Theses on the International Situation by Pekka Haapakoski, Socialist Party, Sweden

Report on the British Political Situation by Joseph, British section of the Fourth International


Vol. 20, No. 7, October, 1984 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:


The Struggle for Socialism in the Imperialist Epoch
(The following resolution was adopted by the National Executive of the Australian
Socialist Workers Party in July 1984 and is being submitted for a vote to the 1985 World Congress.)

I. Imperialism and the course of the world socialist revolution

    1. Imperialism and the role of the labor bureaucracy
    2. The Russian Revolution and its degeneration
    3. The Leninist view of the world revolution
    4. The course of the world revolution in the twentieth century

II. The class struggle in the imperialist countries 5

    . The capitalist economic crisis
    6 The proletariat and the capitalist crisis
    7. From defensive to offensive struggles against capital
    8. Transforming the unions into class-struggle instruments
    9. Social Democracy
    10. The Communist parties
    11. Preparing for revolutionary upsurges

III The continuing advance of the colonial revolution

    12. The world capitalist economic crisis and the semicolonial bourgeoisie
    13. The role of the semicolonial bourgeoisie
    14. Revolutionary Nationalism and bourgeois national reformism
    15. Leninist reolutionary strategy in the semicolonial countries
    16. Stalinist strategy and the Communist parties.
    17. The contradictory role of religious ideology

IV. The socialist states

    18. Imperialism versus the socialist states
    19. The nature and role of the bureaucratic castes in the socialist states
    20. The Polish workers' upsurge of 1980-81
    21. The conflict between bureaucratic rule and
    socialised property relations
    22. The national question in the bureaucratised socialist states
    23. The tasks and nature of the anti-bureaucratic political revolution
    24. The Vietnamese Revolution and its leadership

V. The fight against imperialist war drive

    25. The causes and nature of the imperialist war drive
    26. The new antiwar movement and the tasks of revolutionary Marxists
    27. The imperialist war drive and the socialist states

VI. Building an international revolutionary leadership

    28. The need for an international revolutionary party
    29. The Fourth International
    30. Towards the construction of mass revolutionary parties and a mass revolutionary international


Vol. 20, No. 8, October, 1984 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Draft Resolution on the Central American Revolution Adopted by majority vote of the United Secretariat on September 9, 1984

Our Differences By Cesar Toro, Revolutionary Socialist Party, Colombia


Vol. 20, No. 9, November, 1984 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The Leadership Crisis in the Fourth International, By Larry Seigle, Report Adopted by National Convention, Socialist Workers Party, August 1984


Vol. 20, No. 10, December, 1984 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The Civil War in Afghanistan by Pedro Camejo, member of IEC, and Doug Lorimer and Jim Percy, Socialist Workers Party, Australia

The International Camejo-Percy Current by Larry Seigle, Socialist Workers Party, United States


Vol. 20, No. 11, December, 1984 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Draft Resolution on the Iranian Revolution by Saber, HKS, Iran

On Workers and Farmers Governments by Aurore, Revolutionary Communist League, France

Theses on the Workers' and Farmers' Government by George Breitman, Fourth Internationalist Tendency, United States


Vol. 20, No. 12, December, 1984 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Amendments and Motions by Hoffman-Heredia International Tendency

On Building the International by Hoffman-Heredia International Tendency

In Defense of the Fourth International, Its Programme and Integrity Adopted by majority vote of the United Secretariat, November 11, 1984

Renewing the International by Jaber, Revolutionary Communist Group, Lebanon


Vol. 20, No. 13, December, 1984 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Political Revolution or Democratic Reform — An Answer to Comrade John Steele by J. Allio, C. Smuga, A. Wilkins

Amendments to -Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Poland” By Klein. British section of the Fourth International; and Sandor and Verla, Revolutionary Communist League, France

Text on the Building of the Fourth International Submitted by the Tendency for the Unity of the Fourth International

Amendments to United Secretariat “Draft Resolution on the Central America Revolution” Submitted by the Tendency for the Unity of the Fourth International

Three Amendments to the “Theses on the International Situation” (United Secretariat draft resolution) Submitted by the Tendency for the Unity of the Fourth International

The Stakes in the Central America Discussion Statement Adopted by Convention Majority Socialist Action (U.S.A.), November 5, 1984


Vol. 21, No. 1, January, 1985 International Internal Discussion Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as Fraternal Courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Amendments to Section Five of the United Secretariat Draft Resolution “Theses on the International Situation” by the Hoffmann-Heredia Tendency

Proposed Amendments to the Resolution: “Socialist Democracy and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat” by Jaber, Revolutionary Communist Group, Lebanon

Proposed Amendments to the “Draft Theses On The International Situation” by Jaber, Revolutionary Communist Group, Lebanon

Proposed Amendments to the “Socialist Democracy and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat” Resolution (part of the tendency platform) by Hoffmann-Heredia Tendency

Correction by Clelia, United Secretariat Bureau

Correction

 

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