''Inprecor'' is a multilingual monthly Marxist magazine published by the

reunified Fourth International The Fourth International (FI), founded in 1938, is a Trotskyist international. In 1963, following a ten-year schism, the majorities of the two public factions of the Fourth International, the International Secretariat and the International C ...

. Its name is a contraction of International Press Correspondence and indicates that the magazine translates articles and letters from revolutionaries around the world.https://www.google.com/search?num=50&hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS219GB227&q=%22International+Press+Correspondence%22+inprecor&btnG=Search&meta= ''Inprecor'' was established by the

Third International The Communist International (Comintern), also known as the Third International, was a Soviet-controlled international organization founded in 1919 that advocated world communism. The Comintern resolved at its Second Congress to "struggle by a ...

in the wake of the Russian Revolution to allow communists to read the documents and thoughts of their comrades around the world. The Third International closed ''Inprecor'' in July 1938, replacing it with ''World News and Views''. After

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

Ernest Mandel Ernest Ezra Mandel (; also known by various pseudonyms such as Ernest Germain, Pierre Gousset, Henri Vallin, Walter (5 April 1923 – 20 July 1995), was a Belgian Marxian economist, Trotskyist activist and theorist, and Holocaust survivor. He f ...

successfully proposed that the

Fourth International The Fourth International (FI) is a revolutionary socialist international organization consisting of followers of Leon Trotsky, also known as Trotskyists, whose declared goal is the overthrowing of global capitalism and the establishment of ...

assumed responsibility for the production of ''Inprecor''. Since 1973, four parallel editions have been produced by the

United Secretariat of the Fourth International The Fourth International (FI), founded in 1938, is a Trotskyist international. In 1963, following a ten-year schism, the majorities of the two public factions of the Fourth International, the International Secretariat and the International Com ...

: in Frenc
''Inprecor''
Germa
Inprekorr
Spanis
''Punto de Vista Internacional''
and Englis
''International Viewpoint''
In 1977, the United Secretariat merged the

English language English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the ...

edition of ''Inprecor'' with ''

Intercontinental Press ''Intercontinental Press'' (IP) was a weekly news magazine produced on behalf of the Fourth International (FI) between 1963 and 1986. The magazine was founded in Paris as ''World Outlook'' in 1963 under the editorial direction of Joseph Hansen, Pi ...

'', edited by Joseph Hansen. The new publication, 'Intercontinental Press/Inprecor', was based in the New York offices of the

Socialist Workers Party (US) The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is a communist party in the United States. Originally a group in the Communist Party USA that supported Leon Trotsky against Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, it places a priority on "solidarity work" to aid Strike ...

. After Hansen's death, political differences between the SWP and the United Secretariat grew to the point where the SWP leadership took control of the magazine, renaming it ''Intercontinental Press'' and eventually closing the magazine. In 1982 the United Secretariat reestablished an English-language edition of ''Inprecor'', ''

International Viewpoint ''International Viewpoint'' is the English-language online magazine of the Trotskyist reunified Fourth International. It focuses on publishing articles on the political and social situation throughout the world, notably by translating articles in ...

'', which is edited in Europe.

References

External links

Inprecor website

Punto de Vista Internacional
Fourth International (post-reunification) Marxist magazines {{poli-mag-stub