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The Revolutionary Internationalist Organization (RIO) is a German
trotskyist Trotskyism is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Ukrainian-Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky and some other members of the Left Opposition and Fourth International. Trotsky self-identified as an orthodox Marxist, a rev ...
organization. Its origins lie in ''Independent Revolution'' or ''iRevo'', a tendency within the youth organization
REVOLUTION In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...
, consisting of the sections in
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,
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, the
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and
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. They left REVOLUTION in 2007, refusing to remain affiliated to the
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, forming a separate international of youth organisations while keeping the REVOLUTION name. The Australian section soon became inactive. In 2009 iRevo members joined the New Left Anti-Capitalist Party of the Czech Republic, but were expelled because of differences with the party leadership. In that year they completely abandoned REVOLUTION and in January 2010 they founded their own organization under the name of Revolutionary Internationalist Organization (RIO), at the same time that they decided to promote a larger Trotskyist organization due to what they considered to be programmatic limits with respect to the orientation of REVOLUTION for its emphasis on purely student work. RIO was thus born as a trinational organization having a presence in Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic, although over time these two branches would merge with that of Germany; likewise, its members participated in demonstrations and student strikes during 2009 and 2010. It is in this context that RIO would come into contact with the magazine ''Internationaler Klassenkampf'' (International Class Struggle) close to the
Trotskyist Fraction - Fourth International Trotskyism is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Ukrainian-Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky and some other members of the Left Opposition and Fourth International. Trotsky self-identified as an orthodox Marxist, a re ...
(TF-FI) and begin an approach that would lead it to have greater agreement with that tendency. After a prolonged period of discussion, in August 2011, RIO would attend the TF-FI Conference held that year in Buenos Aires, where it would be admitted as a sympathising section; two years later, it would be added as a full section. Currently the RIO has a presence in Berlin and Munich, has participated in mobilizations against racism and the advance of the far-right in Germany, it supports the struggle for the self-determination of
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and promotes the digital newspaper Klasse Gegen Klasse (Class against Class) in German and with a sub-portal in Turkish.


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Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
Trotskyist organisations in Germany