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International Committee of the Fourth International, 1990
Fourth International Magazine: Fifty years since the assassination of Leon Trotsky

This is the January-June, 1990 edition of Fourth International, the former quarterly theoretical journal of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). The publication of this edition marked the half-century assassination of Leon Trotsky, who was murdered by Stalinist agent Ramon Mercader, in his villa in Coyoacan, Mexico on August 20-21, 1940.

In addition to an editorial marking the anniversary and reviewing the historic struggle by Trotsky and the ICFI against Stalinism and Pabloite revisionism, this volume also contained an ICFI statement on the death of Mark Zborowski, a leading GPU agent who helped organize the Stalinist assassination ring.

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  1. Editorial
  2. The story of Mark Zborowski: Stalin’s spy in the Fourth International
  3. Why US Imperialism Hails Nelson Mandela
  4. The Crisis in the GDR and the Tasks of the Fourth International
  5. Following the East German elections: The working class faces sharp attacks
  6. David North lectures at the Moscow Historical Archival Institute
  7. A discussion of Marxism with Soviet Students
  8. Reply to eight questions from a Soviet journalist
  9. An interview with two Soviet youth
  10. Interview with a Soviet historian
  11. Letter to a Soviet youth
  12. Imperialism Breaks at Its Weakest Link
  13. The crisis of Stalinism and the perspective of World Socialist Revolution
  14. Workers Need a Revolutionary Internationalist Program
  15. Ernest Mandel defends Stalinism
  16. What next in Czechloslovakia?
  17. Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989): Liberal Critic of Stalinism
  18. Stalinist Bloodbath in Baku
  19. Gorbachev to Legalize Capitalist Ownership
  20. Stalinist Trade Unions Face Collapse
  21. Trotskyists Reelected to Bank Union Leadership in Sri Lanka
  22. Sri Lankan Trotskyists Commemorate Comrade Keerthi Balasuriya
  23. Two Years Since the Death of Comrade Keerthi Balasuriya
  24. On the State Killing of Rohana Wijeweera
  25. Judge Affirms Findings against Gelfand
  26. Alan Gelfand’s Statement on Lawsuit against SWP Agents
  27. A Warning against SWP Provocation
  28. US Out of Panama
  29. After the February Elections: The Lessons of Nicaragua
  30. Dolores Ibarruri (1895-1989), La Pasionaria: Symbol of Stalinist Betrayal
  31. Labor Must Defend Gary Tyler
  32. Milburn Frame-Up: The Class Issues
  33. John McCoy: A Working Class Martyr
  34. The Way Forward after the Federal Election: Build the Party of Lenin and Trotsky