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WOLVERHAMPTON: Socialist Stop the merica wa 7 pm. port the people of El Salvador Cneakers from frich Spade uns to women stoops fact AT the end of last year a new so-called 'International Committee of the Fourth International (IC)' was set up.
the French Organisation (OCI) described it as 'an important step forward reconstruction of the Fourth International'. In reality the IC is a formation set up to disrupt and attempt to destroy the Fourth International.
The IC claims the allegiance of groups from 40 but most of them are tiny, as with the Socialist LabUllI Dillall. 1anoll 0 members] split at a national level into the diverse groups from which the IC originated.
The significant organisations in the IC are the Socialist (PST), groups from Brazil. Peru Colombia, canada. venezuela and rortugal. the OCRFI, organisation, fusion with the rourth Inter of the Nicaraguan revolution changed that. Reaction The OCRFI masterminded a split in the Fourth Inter sectarian reaction against the revolutions notably Central America Nicaragua. It formed a Paricommittee TWO group, the Bolshevik Faction which split the FI, and Leninist TOLVSKS ended. One of the main sponsoring organisations Communist on the road to the Committee).
Despite all the advance made the Nicaraguar revolutio the Parity chose see only counter-revolulon was no workers' government or revolutionary leadership in tatorship intent on suppressrights achilalic allu Lne WOrKers organisations.
Proof of this was alleged the expulsion from the the coveramnenl une Bolvar Br0a0e a formation inspired by the Argentiабано.
Accordingly, the main in lenalullar callipalti Parity Committee throughout caragua' with an imperialist witchhunt aralnst ine nicarazuans o unel alleged violations human rights.
sectarianism is new. It took OCRFI to ycals Ictugilise revolunion nad actually occur. red in Cuba. If anything its atto the revolution so tar worse International Committee left, Nemo, Moreno and Lambert the Simon Bolivar Brigade incraeli and olner seclarian lac groups calls process and discrediting he fi aanerence to ine ti wno were harming revolutionary skyism in the process de Pan Comarace is quidation of Trotskyism' The largest of the groups affected in Central America was the Costa Rican OST led La leading figure in the split from the Fl. but oy Deplemocr Iyou ne was Unis ear The Parity Committee declared: departure of Amador from Central America was the only senou political problems that his presence in Central America Three of the four Central American whose 'liquidation" organisations was the pretext for the split from the therefore refused try to ine (SIC) Conterence which established the wert any othe organisations which didn't accept the leadershi role advance of the OCRFI or the Only 'Gang of Three' leaders -The draft BUKe slalules aconted give tendencies is bacions indi decision binding June 1o-Dersor Interna tional leadership • I nis com mittee has the power to clude any sense ragements is clear: it permits a nypercentralisl runcuonl wien use two die components of the IC are no space of a minority practice in th OCI and the P There has already been an internand commited functioning according in terspersed Heals the Israeli section of the OCR…h. use ceparture or ne bor vian POK-LOra and Argentinian Politica Obrera are just some of the products mode 0f whier treats _Dolluca ferences as 'criminal affairs' ference of the IC a letter was sent lo une unitca occrelalla suggesting a joint meeting all the possibilities oming together the crisis of the FI' and Dalau breathtaking manoevure. The at its founding conference defined the USFI as 'a block between an openly revisionist cur a cust cull cal wica does not break 10r formulations, is nevertheles.
integral part COT rev!. sionism: there is a de facto division of labour nuances, a relation very similar to that which ex nautsky romy 4 onwaros.
How is it possible to open fusion talks with an organis ion characterised in the sam was Trotskyists appluall Inc Second International?
No purpose could be serv.
turned - Ine very thing we are in business to promote Only when they have , abandoned their sectarianism revoltor. Cenlra America and the Caribbean could discussior be taken seriously Our Icaucis why we have devoted so muci space lo sucn a small group lI reason. their sectarian method unfortunately dominates much of journals of worker. A CLIOT and Workers Socialists have both endorsed many he IC's criticisms of the necessar 1o agree version of the history of the FI as the basis for fusion of Trotskyist forces Colone the an enterna Committee's new 'Fourth In the deep hold LUISA YISL tarianism.
ERNIE DALTON LA MONGREL
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