League for the Fifth International
Abbreviation | L5I |
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Formation | 1989 |
Type | International league of Trotskyist organizations. |
Purpose | To form a new international organization of Communist parties |
Main organ | Fifth International |
Affiliations | Trotskyism |
Website | www |
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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 member 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 Trotskyist 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
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Country | Name | Misc. | Ref |
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Austria | Arbeiter*innenstandpunkt | ||
Brazil | Liga Socialista (Brazil) | ||
Great Britain | Workers Power | Formerly Red Flag. Entered the Labour Party in 2015. | |
Germany | Gruppe Arbeitermacht | ||
Sweden | Arbetarmakt | ||
Pakistan | Revolutionary Socialist Movement | ||
United States | Workers Power USA |
The L5I also has individual members in Ireland and Lebanon.
Country | Name | Misc. | Ref |
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Austria | Der Neue Kurs | Split from Arbeiter*innenstandpunkt in 2006 | |
Great Britain | Permanent Revolution Tendency | Split from Workers' Power in 2006, dissolved in 2013 | |
Czech Republic | Socialistická organizace pracujících | Appears to be defunct | |
New Zealand | Communist Workers' Group | Split from L5I in 1995 | |
Sri Lanka | Socialist Party of Sri Lanka | Split from L5I in 2020 | |
Russia | Movement Towards Socialism |