Fourth International Documents

Conferences, congresses and resolutions, in English

Trade unions and the workers' movement

48 documents

The birth of the Fourth International 1930-1940

  1. Title: The New Revolutionary Upsurge and the Tasks of the Fourth InternationalWritten by Trotsky 3 July 1936 · machine-assisted · français
  2. TITLE: The Situation in the United States of America (study)29-31 July 1936 · machine-assisted · français
  3. Title: Draft resolution on work in the trade unions29-31 July 1936 · machine-assisted · français
  4. Resolution on the Tasks of the French Section3 September 1938 · published translation · français
  5. Resolution on the YouthSeptember 1938 · published translation · français

The Fourth International in the war 1940-1946

  1. Title: Theses on the Situation in the Labour Movement and the Perspectives for the Development of the Fourth InternationalAdopted February 1944 by the clandestine European Conference of the Fourth International · machine-assisted · français
  2. 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. Resolution on Italian Trotskyist MovementAugust 1948 · published translation · français

The Third World Congress and the split 1950-1952

  1. Latin America: Problems and Tasks Fourth InternationalNovember–December 1951 · published translation · français
  2. Title: Three Years of the New Course of Trotskyism — Activity Report of the IEC and the IS, presented by Ernest MandelThird World Congress, Paris, late August–early September 1951 · machine-assisted · français
  3. Resolution on the General Orientation of the French Section30 September 1951 · machine-assisted · français
  4. Resolution of the IS on the Question of the Newspaper l'Unité15 November 1951 · machine-assisted · français
  5. Title: Letter from the International Secretariat to the Political Bureau of the PCI, enclosing the "Resolution of the IS for the reorientation of our trade-union work in France"Letter dated 7 December 1951 · machine-assisted · français
  6. Letter from the International Secretariat to the Central Committee of the PCI14 January 1952 · machine-assisted · français
  7. Title: Letter from Daniel Renard to James P. Cannon16 February 1952 · machine-assisted · français

From the splits to reunification 1952-1963

  1. The Belgian Strikes: A Turn in the Situation in Western Europe1 February 1961 · Fourth International Publications

From reunification to the Tenth Congress 1963-1979

  1. Approaching a Decisive Turning Point in Great Britain1966-12-04 · Fourth International Publications
  2. On Tactics in EuropeJanuary 1970 · Intercontinental Press · français
  3. The Rise of Workers' Struggles in SpainJune 1, 1972 · Intercontinental Press · français
  4. May Day Manifesto of the Fourth International1 May 1973 · Intercontinental Press
  5. Theses on Building of Revolutionary Parties in Capitalist EuropeFebruary 1974 (congress); printed 23 December 1974 · Intercontinental Press · français
  6. Women Around World Raise Demand for Equal Rights1978-03-08 · Intercontinental Press
  7. Resolution on Latin AmericaNovember 1978 (written); adopted November 1979 · Intercontinental Press
  8. Working Women of the World Begin to Break Their Chains1979-03-08 · Intercontinental Press

From the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Congress 1979-1995

  1. Polish Workers Confront the Bureaucracy25 September 1980 · Intercontinental Press
  2. Poland: Advance of the Workers and the Bureaucracy's Reply1 February 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  3. The Meaning of the Coup Attempt in Spain24 February 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  4. Solidarity With Irish Hunger Strikers!24 April 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  5. Halt the repression in Morocco!June 29-30, 1981 (USec meeting) · Intercontinental Press
  6. Solidarity with the Polish workers17 December 1981 · Intercontinental Press
  7. Land and National Question in South African Revolution — Document of the Fourth InternationalInternational Viewpoint No. 25, 7 March 1983 · published translation · français
  8. Solidarity lives!14 October 1982 · Intercontinental Press
  9. The national question and the land question in the South African revolutionJanuary 1983 · International Viewpoint
  10. Revolution and counter-revolution in PolandJanuary 1985 · International Viewpoint · français
  11. Solidarity with British miners: International campaign for victimized strikers25 April 1985 · Intercontinental Press
  12. The anti-apartheid fight: United Secretariat resolution on South Africa5 October 1985 · Intercontinental Press
  13. Solidarity campaign called for, participation of unions is keyEarly October 1985 · Intercontinental Press
  14. Black revolt in South AfricaFebruary 1986 · Fourth International Publications
  15. Solidarity with the anti-apartheid struggle!June 1987 · International Viewpoint
  16. Solidarity with the anti-apartheid struggle!June 1987 · International Viewpoint
  17. 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
  18. 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

From the Fourteenth to the Sixteenth Congress 1995-2018

  1. The political situation in Imperialist EuropeJune 1995 · International Viewpoint
  2. Our tasks in imperialist EuropeJune 1995 · International Viewpoint
  3. On the Tamil National QuestionFebruary 2007 · International Viewpoint
  4. In Tunisia and Egypt the revolutions are underway30 January 2011 · International Viewpoint
  5. Tribute to hunger strikers in PalestineMay 2017 · International Viewpoint
  6. Let us support the struggle of the Catalan people4 October 2017 · International Viewpoint