League for the Fifth International
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| Abbreviation | L5I |
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| Formation | 1989 |
| Type | International league of Trotskyist organizations |
| Purpose | To form a new international organization of communist parties |
Main organ | Fifth International |
| Affiliations | Trotskyism |
| Website | www |
The League for the Fifth International (L5I) is an international grouping of revolutionary Trotskyist organisations around a common programme and perspectives.
History
[edit]L5I was founded in 1989 as the Movement for a Revolutionary Communist International. Its first members groups were Workers' Power in Britain, the Irish Workers Group, and Gruppe Arbeitermacht (GAM) in Germany.
Publications
[edit]The League publishes a quarterly English-language journal entitled Fifth International. The majority of writers for this appear to be from the British group, although other sections publish journals in their own languages. Revolutionärer Marxismus is the German-language journal. The League previously published the journal "Permanent Revolution", a more theoretical journal which looked at tactics that communist organisations use, theories of imperialism, and similar questions. This was followed by "Trotskyist International" which, although still theoretical, also looked more at current affairs.[citation needed]
Member organisations
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| Country | Name | Misc. | Ref |
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 Austria
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Arbeiter*innenstandpunkt | [1] | |
 Great Britain
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Workers' Power | Formerly Red Flag. Entered the Labour Party in 2015. | [2][3][4] |
 Germany
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Gruppe ArbeiterInnenmacht | Formerly Gruppe Arbeitermacht. | [5] |
 Pakistan
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Revolutionary Socialist Movement | [6] | |
 Sweden
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Arbetarmakt | [7] | |
 Switzerland
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Marxistische Aktion Schweiz | Formerly Gruppe Was Tun | [8] |
 United States
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Workers Power USA | [9] |
The L5I also has individual members in Ireland and Lebanon.[citation needed]
Groups that share a common history with L5I
[edit]| Country | Name | Misc. | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria
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Der Neue Kurs | Split from Arbeiter*innenstandpunkt in 2006 | [10] |
 Brazil
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Liga Socialista | Appears to be defunct[citation needed] | [11] |
| Great Britain
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Permanent Revolution Tendency | Split from Workers' Power in 2006, dissolved in 2013 | [12] |
 Czech Republic
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Socialistická organizace pracujících | Appears to be defunct[citation needed] | [citation needed] |
 New Zealand
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Communist Workers' Group | Split from L5I in 1995 | [13] |
 Sri Lanka
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Socialist Party of Sri Lanka | Split from L5I in 2020 | [14] |
 Russia
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Movement Towards Socialism | [15] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Wer wir sind" (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ Stockton, Dave (15 September 2015). "Jeremy Corbyn's programme – a revolutionary socialist assessment". Workers' Power. Retrieved 11 Nov 2021.
- ^ "Who we are". Workers Power. Retrieved 2021-11-11.
- ^ "Why we are relaunching Workers Power". Workers' Power. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 11 Nov 2021.
- ^ "Liga für die Fünfte Internationale" (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ "League for the Fifth International - About - Sections". Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "Arbetarmakt - Svensk sektion av Förbundet för Femte Internationalen - English". Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "Wer wir sind - Marxistische Aktion Schweiz" (in German). Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "Workers Power US website". Retrieved 11 Nov 2021.
- ^ "Permanent Revolution – New Course – Number 1 – Journal of the former Ast Opposition". www.permanentrevolution.net. Archived from the original on March 14, 2009. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ^ "Liga Socialista website". Liga Socialista. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 11 Nov 2021.
- ^ "Permanent Revolution – Permanent Revolution – dissolution statement". www.permanentrevolution.net. Archived from the original on April 18, 2014. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ^ "CWGNZ". 2009-10-28. Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ^ "Interview with representatives of the Socialist Party of Sri Lanka (SPSL)". Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "Движение к социализму" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 18 January 2012.