League for the Fifth International
AbbreviationL5I
Formation1989
TypeInternational league of Trotskyist organizations.
PurposeTo form a new international organization of Communist parties
Main organ
Fifth International
AffiliationsTrotskyism
Websitewww.fifthinternational.org

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

Country Name Misc. Ref
 Austria Arbeiter*innenstandpunkt
 Brazil Liga Socialista (Brazil) [1]
 Great Britain Workers Power Formerly Red Flag. Entered the Labour Party in 2015. [2][3][4]
 Germany Gruppe Arbeitermacht
 Sweden Arbetarmakt
 Pakistan Revolutionary Socialist Movement
 United States 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
 Austria Der Neue Kurs Split from Arbeiter*innenstandpunkt in 2006 [6]
 Great Britain Permanent Revolution Tendency Split from Workers' Power in 2006, dissolved in 2013 [7]
 Czech Republic Socialistická organizace pracujících Appears to be defunct
 New Zealand Communist Workers' Group Split from L5I in 1995 [8]
 Sri Lanka Socialist Party of Sri Lanka Split from L5I in 2020 [9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Liga Socialista website". Liga Socialista. Retrieved 11 Nov 2021.
  2. ↑ Stockton, Dave (15 September 2015). "Jeremy Corbyn's programme – a revolutionary socialist assessment". Workers' Power. Retrieved 11 Nov 2021.
  3. ↑ "Who we are". Workers Power. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
  4. ↑ "Why we are relaunching Workers Power". Workers' Power. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 11 Nov 2021.
  5. ↑ "Workers Power US website". Retrieved 11 Nov 2021.
  6. ↑ "Permanent Revolution – New Course – Number 1 – Journal of the former Ast Opposition". www.permanentrevolution.net. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  7. ↑ "Permanent Revolution – Permanent Revolution – dissolution statement". www.permanentrevolution.net. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  8. ↑ "CWGNZ". 2009-10-28. Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  9. ↑ "Interview with representatives of the Socialist Party of Sri Lanka (SPSL)". Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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