Forward with the Fourth International

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class national committee THE MOST important discussion at the conference Youth was over its relationship with the Fourth International (FL) and its British sectión, the International Marxist Group.

There was opposition to declaring solidarity with the Fourth International, but after a complete and exhaustive favour of political solidarity with the FI was Why is this question of building a revolutionary socialist youth organisation as part of a youth international so crucial?

Every day the international nature of the struggle demonstrated.

Afghanistan, Ireland are places that directly affect the class struggle here in Britain.

Thatcher is second only to Carter in forcing the imperialist drive to war. The bourgeoisie understands that to survive it must organise on a world scale. NATO is not a debating society for old brigadiers — those alliances are forged to protect capital's global interests.

Working class youth, blacks, young women are looking with burning intensity to the struggles against imperialism in Iran, South Africa and in Nicaragua. Steelworkers understood the need for international solidarity in their strike.

We, in Revolution Youth, could not afford to lag behind the advanced sections of the working class which are beginning to under. stand the need for international organisation of the oppressed and exploited.

It is only'the FI that is today organising Revolution history. That party Revolution the vote in rally to the banner of the FI.

organisation? iran, ed Third World. leadership will be posed.

world party of socialist revolution. revolutionaries on a world scale; it is only the FI that is building an international party in the tradition of Marx, Lenin and Trotsky.

To achieve a successful revolution a mass revolutionary party rooted in the working class and oppressed is crucial. This is the lesson of be built if it is internationalist in theory and practice.

Youth is in business to help make a revolution therefore we have to help build that party. Working class youth moving to revolutionary politics are inspired by the revolutions in Iran and Nicaragua and they will Would solidarity with the FI hinder our struggle to build a unified revolutionary youth Absolutely The IMG, British section of the Fourth International, is the only revolutionary organisation waging a struggle for revolutionary unity. Association of Revolution Youth in this fight can only help us.

The fight for revolutionary unity does not mean concessions on fundamental parts of the revolutionary progrmme, and the fight to build the international party cannot be compromisBig battles are coming, in the imperialist centres and the workers' states as well as in the The question of revolutionary Revolution Youth will be fighting to build a mass revolutionary youth organisation as part of the fight to build a mass party capable of leading the working class to socialism.

That is the message we are taking out to the youth. Forward with the Fourth International, Socialist Challenge: 22 May 1980, Pare 11