The League for the Fifth International (L5I) is an international grouping of

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organisations around a common programme and perspectives.

History

L5I was founded as the Movement for a Revolutionary Communist International. Its first member groups were Workers' Power in Britain, the Irish Workers Group, Pouvoir Ouvrier in

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, and Gruppe Arbeitermacht (GAM) in Germany. After a congress in 1989 the organisation adopted a common programme, the ''Trotskyist Manifesto'', and a democratic centralist constitution, under which each national section agreed to be bound by the decisions of the international organisation as a whole.

Publications

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.

Member organisations

The L5I also has individual members in

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Groups that share a common history with L5I

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