Fourth International Documents

Conferences, congresses and resolutions, in English

From the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Congress 1979-1995

140 documents

The Eleventh World Congress and after (1979–1985)

  1. Report on the World Political SituationNovember 1979 · Intercontinental Press
  2. The Crisis in Capitalist Europe and the Present Tasks of the Fourth International (Resolution on Europe)November 1979 · Intercontinental Press
  3. Socialist Revolution and the Struggle for Women's LiberationNovember 1979 · Intercontinental Press
  4. Resolution on Internal Women's CaucusesNovember 1979 · Intercontinental Press
  5. Socialist Democracy and the Dictatorship of the ProletariatNovember 1979 · Intercontinental Press
  6. The Turn to Industry and the Tasks of the Fourth InternationalNovember 1979 · Intercontinental Press
  7. The World Political Situation and the Tasks of the Fourth InternationalNovember 1979 · Intercontinental Press
  8. Revolution on the MarchNovember 1979 · Intercontinental Press
  9. Fourth International: U.S. Hands Off Iran!November 1979 · Intercontinental Press
  10. Crisis of Capitalism and Struggle for Socialist RevolutionNovember 1979 · Intercontinental Press
  11. Condemn OST Attack on Panamanian MSR1980-03-03 · Intercontinental Press
  12. Fourth International Voices Solidarity With Salvadoran Revolution1980-01-24 · Intercontinental Press
  13. United Secretariat Declaration on Afghanistan1980-01-26 · Intercontinental Press
  14. Zimbabwean Masses Mobilize Against Neocolonial Plans1980-02-26 · Intercontinental Press
  15. Zimbabwe: After the Election Victory1980-03-29 · Intercontinental Press
  16. Hands Off the Iranian Revolution!1980-05-01 · Intercontinental Press
  17. Defend the Salvadoran Revolution Against Imperialist Intervention and Bloody Repression!10 April 1980 · Intercontinental Press
  18. Solidarity With the Mass Struggle in South Korea!June 1980 (USec June meeting); IP 16 June 1980 · Intercontinental Press
  19. By Defending the Kurdish Revolution We Defend the Iranian Revolution14 June 1980 · Intercontinental Press
  20. Cut Off the Hands of Reaction in El Salvador!18 July 1980 · Intercontinental Press
  21. Solidarity With the Resistance of the Bolivian Masses!25 July 1980 · Intercontinental Press
  22. The Evolution of the Iranian Revolution28 July 1980 · Intercontinental Press
  23. Down With the Military Regime in Turkey!28 September 1980 · Intercontinental Press
  24. Polish Workers Confront the Bureaucracy25 September 1980 · Intercontinental Press
  25. Halt the Murder of Kim Dae Jung!28 September 1980 · Intercontinental Press
  26. New Advance of the Nicaraguan Revolution28 September 1980 · Intercontinental Press
  27. Defend Iran Against Iraqi and Imperialist Attacks!3 October 1980 · Intercontinental Press
  28. Solidarity With the Fighting Salvadoran People!5 December 1980 · Intercontinental Press
  29. Solidarity With the Salvadoran People!13 January 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  30. Poland: Advance of the Workers and the Bureaucracy's Reply1 February 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  31. The Meaning of the Coup Attempt in Spain24 February 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  32. Defend the Political Revolution in Poland!3 April 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  33. Solidarity With Irish Hunger Strikers!24 April 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  34. Protest Victimizations in JapanMay 7-14, 1981 (IEC meeting) · Intercontinental Press
  35. Solidarity with Irish political prisoners!13 May 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  36. Solidarity with the Iranian revolution!May 7-14, 1981 (IEC meeting) · Intercontinental Press
  37. Halt imperialist intervention in Central America!May 1981 (IEC meeting) · Intercontinental Press
  38. Halt the repression in Morocco!June 29-30, 1981 (USec meeting) · Intercontinental Press
  39. Poland: The Workers Councils and Self-Management7 October 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  40. Imperialist Remilitarization and the Struggle Against Austerity, for Peace and SocialismOctober 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  41. Halt U.S. aggression in Latin America: 'The time to act is now!'12 November 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  42. Solidarity with the Polish workers17 December 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  43. Imperialist Escalation in Central America12 March 1982 · Intercontinental Press
  44. Imperialist war has begun in Central America and Caribbeanlate May 1982 (IEC meeting) · Intercontinental Press
  45. Defend the Iranian revolution!end of May 1982 · Intercontinental Press
  46. British hands off the Malvinas!end of May 1982 (IEC meeting) · Intercontinental Press
  47. Demonstrations against Reagan the warmonger6 May 1982 · International Viewpoint
  48. Britain — Hands off Malvinas27 May 1982 · International Viewpoint
  49. Solidarity with the People of Central America and the CaribbeanMay 1982 · International Viewpoint
  50. Defend the Iranian Revolution!21 May 1982 · International Viewpoint
  51. Building Revolutionary Youth Organisations in the Imperialist CountriesMay 1982 · International Viewpoint
  52. Halt Israeli aggression!13 June 1982 · Intercontinental Press
  53. Land and National Question in South African Revolution — Document of the Fourth InternationalInternational Viewpoint No. 25, 7 March 1983 · published translation · français
  54. Wave of repression in Poland17 September 1982 · Intercontinental Press
  55. A new wave of repression in Poland17 September 1982 · International Viewpoint
  56. Solidarity lives!14 October 1982 · Intercontinental Press
  57. Statement on Kurdish struggle10 October 1982 · Intercontinental Press
  58. The war in Lebanon: a turn in the Middle East situation10 October 1982 · Intercontinental Press
  59. The war in Lebanon — A turn in the Middle East situation10 October 1982 · International Viewpoint
  60. The national question and the land question in the South African revolutionJanuary 1983 · International Viewpoint
  61. No U.S. intervention in Central America!30 May 1983 · Intercontinental Press
  62. No to War! No to Militarisation, no to Nuclear Missiles, no to NATO5 May 1983 · International Viewpoint
  63. Fourth International appeal to European-wide demonstration4 June 1983 · International Viewpoint
  64. Reactionary terror in Sri Lanka1 August 1983 · Intercontinental Press
  65. Imperialist hands off Lebanon!22 September 1983 · Intercontinental Press
  66. Mobilize against U.S. missiles and NATO12 September 1983 · Intercontinental Press
  67. Solidarity with Philippine people's struggle25 September 1983 · Intercontinental Press
  68. For a generalised mobilisation against US missiles and NATO12 September 1983 · International Viewpoint
  69. Imperialist hands off Grenada!23 October 1983 · Intercontinental Press
  70. Imperialist hands off Grenada!23 October 1983 · International Viewpoint
  71. US troops out! No to imperialist invasion!29 October 1983 · International Viewpoint
  72. Imperialists out of Lebanon!16 February 1984 · Intercontinental Press
  73. Solidarity with the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples!16 February 1984 · International Viewpoint
  74. For a Socialist United States of Europe! Appeal on elections to European parliament4 April 1984 · Intercontinental Press
  75. Declaration of the Fourth International and the Ligue Communiste Revolutionnaire18 April 1984 · International Viewpoint
  76. Foreign troops out of Grenada! Hands off the gains of the Grenadian masses!10-14 May 1984 (US meeting) · Intercontinental Press
  77. Foreign troops out of Grenada! Hands off gains of Grenadian masses!10-14 May 1984 · International Viewpoint
  78. Stop victimizations in Morocco, Tunisia!7 June 1984 · Intercontinental Press
  79. Solidarity needed with South African struggle9 September 1984 · Intercontinental Press
  80. Victory to the British miners!6 September 1984 · Intercontinental Press
  81. No coal to Britain! Victory to the British miners!6 September 1984 · International Viewpoint
  82. A new upsurge in the struggle of the oppressed masses9 September 1984 · International Viewpoint

The Twelfth World Congress and after (1985–1991)

  1. Dictatorship of the proletariat and socialist democracyJanuary 1985 · International Viewpoint · français
  2. Revolution and counter-revolution in PolandJanuary 1985 · International Viewpoint · français
  3. The Central American revolutionJanuary 1985 · International Viewpoint · français
  4. The present stage of building the Fourth InternationalJanuary 1985 · International Viewpoint · français
  5. The world political situation and the tasks of the Fourth InternationalJanuary 1985 · International Viewpoint
  6. Support April 20 demonstrations! Against the U.S. war in Central America!February 1985 (World Congress); IP 4 March 1985 · Intercontinental Press
  7. United Secretariat Bureau issues declaration [on the 12th World Congress]18 February 1985 · Intercontinental Press
  8. Solidarity with British miners: International campaign for victimized strikers25 April 1985 · Intercontinental Press
  9. The anti-apartheid fight: United Secretariat resolution on South Africa5 October 1985 · Intercontinental Press
  10. Solidarity campaign called for, participation of unions is keyEarly October 1985 · Intercontinental Press
  11. The SWP(USA) rejects the organisational demands of the Twelfth World Congress5 October 1985 · International Viewpoint
  12. Split from the Fourth International: United Secretariat statement on Australian SWP16-20 December 1985 (US meeting) · Intercontinental Press
  13. The split of the Australian SWP from the Fourth International16-20 December 1985 · International Viewpoint
  14. The Crisis of the PLO — Document of the Fourth InternationalInternational Marxist Review Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring 1987 · published translation · français
  15. Black revolt in South AfricaFebruary 1986 · Fourth International Publications
  16. In solidarity with the Filipino people28 February 1986 · International Viewpoint
  17. Huge mobilizations force Marcos out: Solidarity urged for Philippine democratic, anti-imperialist forces2 March 1986 · Intercontinental Press
  18. Statement of the Fourth International1 March 1986 · International Viewpoint
  19. Protests grow against murder of Rolando Olalia14 November 1986 · International Viewpoint
  20. End anti-Tamil repressionJune 1987 · International Viewpoint
  21. Solidarity with the anti-apartheid struggle!June 1987 · International Viewpoint
  22. Solidarity with the peoples of Central AmericaJune 1987 · International Viewpoint
  23. Solidarity with the anti-apartheid struggle!June 1987 · International Viewpoint
  24. Mikhail Gorbachev's speech: a new mystification of history6 November 1987 · International Viewpoint
  25. Mikhail Gorbachev's speech: a new mystification of history6 November 1987 · International Viewpoint
  26. Israeli army out of the occupied territories!21 March 1988 · International Viewpoint
  27. Hands off the Kurdish people!25 March 1988 · International Viewpoint
  28. No Soviet deals with imperialism21 March 1988 · International Viewpoint
  29. Fourth International statement on Polish organizationsMarch 1988 · International Viewpoint
  30. The reforms in the Soviet UnionDecember 1988 · International Viewpoint
  31. The bureaucratic counter-revolution10 June 1989 · International Viewpoint
  32. Total support for the Salvadoran people11 December 1989 · International Viewpoint
  33. Defend the Nicaraguan revolution!5 March 1990 · International Viewpoint
  34. Central America Today — Document of the IEC, Fourth InternationalInternational Marxist Review Vol. 5, No. 1 (No. 10), Summer 1990 · published translation · français
  35. "The Most Decisive Stage of the Revolution" — Document of the IEC, Fourth InternationalInternational Marxist Review Vol. 5, No. 1 (No. 10), Summer 1990 · published translation · français
  36. Imperialist troops out of the Gulf!6 September 1990 · International Viewpoint
  37. Stop the imperialist wardrive!October 1990 · International Viewpoint
  38. October 20 — an international day of action against the wardrive3 October 1990 · International Viewpoint
  39. On the capitalist reunification of GermanyNovember 1990 · International Viewpoint
  40. Bureaucratic Decay, Struggle for Socialist Democracy — Resolution on the Soviet UnionInternational Marxist Review No. 11/12 (Vol. 5, No. 2/3), Summer 1991 · published translation · français
  41. 1992: Bourgeois Plans and Workers' Perspectives — Resolution on Capitalist EuropeInternational Marxist Review No. 11/12 (Vol. 5, No. 2/3), Summer 1991 · published translation · français
  42. The Strategic Challenge for the Revolutionary Left — Resolution on Latin AmericaInternational Marxist Review No. 11/12 (Vol. 5, No. 2/3), Summer 1991 · published translation · français
  43. Changing Forms of the Struggle for Women's Liberation — Resolution on Women in Western Imperialist CountriesInternational Marxist Review No. 11/12 (Vol. 5, No. 2/3), Summer 1991 · published translation · français
  44. Dynamics of Mass Movements and Feminist Currents — Resolution on Women in Latin AmericaInternational Marxist Review No. 11/12 (Vol. 5, No. 2/3), Summer 1991 · published translation · français
  45. "New World Order" or International Instability — Resolution on the International SituationInternational Marxist Review No. 11/12 (Vol. 5, No. 2/3), Summer 1991 · published translation · français
  46. Only Socialism Can Ensure the Survival of Humanity — Draft Manifesto of the Fourth InternationalInternational Marxist Review No. 11/12 (Vol. 5, No. 2/3), Summer 1991 · published translation · français
  47. Positive action and party-building among women1991 · Fourth International Publications
  48. After the Fall of the Berlin Wall...1991 · minority text, Fourth International Publications

The Thirteenth World Congress and after (1991–1995)

  1. For a Revival of Internationalism — Appeal of the Fourth InternationalInternational Marxist Review No. 11/12 (Vol. 5, No. 2/3), Summer 1991 · published translation · français
  2. Socialist revolution and ecologyFebruary 1991 · Fourth International Publications
  3. Stop the imperialist aggression against Iraq!4 February 1991 · International Viewpoint
  4. Down with the aggression against Iraq! Imperialist troops out of the Gulf!February 1991 · International Viewpoint
  5. Social forces in the Soviet crisisFebruary 1991 · International Viewpoint
  6. Socialist position on Yugoslav crisisOctober 1991 · International Viewpoint
  7. The Soviet Union after 19 August 1991Spring 1992 · Fourth International Publications
  8. The Bosnian War; What is to be done?October 1992 · International Viewpoint
  9. For a multi-ethnic and sovereign Bosnia-HerzegovinaFebruary 1993 · International Viewpoint
  10. No ethnic partition!March 1995 · International Viewpoint

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