Fourth International Documents

Conferences, congresses and resolutions, in English

Socialist democracy and workers' councils

15 documents

The Fourth International in the war 1940-1946

  1. Resolution: On the Strategy of the European Sections of the Fourth International in the Workers' StrugglesFebruary 1944, European Conference of the Fourth International · machine-assisted · français

The Second World Congress and after 1946-1950

  1. Resolutions on the Class Character of the Yugoslav State26-30 April 1950 · machine-assisted · français

From the splits to reunification 1952-1963

  1. Documents: Appeal of the International Secretariat Distributed at the Youth Congress in Vienna — Back to Lenin!Fourth International No. 7, Autumn 1959 · published translation · français
  2. Statement of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International on the New Phase of the Sino-Soviet Rift1963-07-25 · Fourth International Publications

From reunification to the Tenth Congress 1963-1979

  1. Documents: Solidarity with the Polish Students! [Statement by International Executive Committee of Fourth International]World Outlook Vol. 6, No. 12, 29 March 1968 · published translation · français
  2. For a Government of Workers Councils in CzechoslovakiaApril 18, 1968 · Intercontinental Press
  3. Defend the Right of the Czechoslovak Workers and Peasants to Self-Determination!August 1, 1968 · Intercontinental Press
  4. End the Soviet Occupation of Czechoslovakia!August 22, 1968 · Intercontinental Press
  5. Socialist Democracy and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat1977 · Intercontinental Press

From the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Congress 1979-1995

  1. Socialist Democracy and the Dictatorship of the ProletariatNovember 1979 · Intercontinental Press
  2. Poland: The Workers Councils and Self-Management7 October 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  3. Dictatorship of the proletariat and socialist democracyJanuary 1985 · International Viewpoint · français
  4. Revolution and counter-revolution in PolandJanuary 1985 · International Viewpoint · français
  5. The reforms in the Soviet UnionDecember 1988 · International Viewpoint
  6. 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