Leon Trotsky
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The story of Mark Zborowski: Stalin’s spy in the Fourth International
By International Committee of the Fourth International, November 17, 2011
We are republishing a statement of the International Committee of the Fourth International originally published on June 15, 1990 in the Fourth International magazine on the death of Mark Zborowski. Zborowski, a GPU spy against the Trotskyist movement, was responsible for the murder of leading cadre of the F
“Socialism in One Country” and the Soviet economic debates of the 1920s—Part 1
By Nick Beams, May 4, 2009
This is the first of two lectures, delivered at an SEP summer school in August 2007, dealing with some of the crucial conflicts over economic policy in the Soviet Union during the 1920s
Trotsky’s home in exile in Norway
January 13, 2009
On a recent visit to Norway, a German supporter of the ICFI visited the house in which Leon Trotsky took refuge some time after he was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1929. This reader provided an account of this period of Trotsky’s exile.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party—Part 6
October 4, 2008
The Socialist Equality Party (US) today continues publication of The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party. The document was discussed extensively and adopted unanimously at the Founding Congress of the SEP, held August 3-9, 2008.
Nick Beams addresses 70th anniversary meeting
Capitalist breakdown and the revolutionary perspective of the Fourth International
Part 1
By Nick Beams, October 4, 2008
Published below is the first part of a report delivered on September 28, by Nick Beams to a public meeting in Sydney on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Fourth International. Beams is a member of the WSWS International Editorial Board and National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Austra
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party—Part 5
October 3, 2008
The Socialist Equality Party (US) today continues publication of The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party. The document was discussed extensively and adopted unanimously at the Founding Congress of the SEP, held August 3-9, 2008.
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party—Part 4
October 2, 2008
The Socialist Equality Party (US) today continues publication of The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party. The document was discussed extensively and adopted unanimously at the Founding Congress of the SEP, held August 3-9, 2008.
Australia: Public meetings mark 70th anniversary of the Fourth International
Historical lessons discussed
By our reporters, October 2, 2008
The Socialist Equality Party (Australia) held lively and well-attended public meetings in Sydney on Sunday and Melbourne on Wednesday night to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Fourth International (FI), established by Leon Trotsky in September 1938.
Sydney and Melbourne meetings to commemorate...
The 70th anniversary of the founding of the Fourth International
By the the, September 24, 2008
The Socialist Equality Party (Australia) will mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Fourth International with public meetings in Sydney and Melbourne this week. SEP national secretary Nick Beams, a member of the World Socialist Web Site international editorial board and an authority on Marxist po
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