International Workers' Unity – Fourth International ( es, Unidad Internacional de los Trabajadores – Cuarta Internacional) is a
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 ...
international organisation. It has members in Latin America, Western Europe and the
CIS
Cis or cis- may refer to:
Places
* Cis, Trentino, in Italy
* In Poland:
** Cis, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, south-central
** Cis, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, north
Math, science and biology
* cis (mathematics) (cis(''θ'')), a trigonome ...
, including
Izquierda Socialista
Socialist Left ( es, Izquierda Socialista; IS), officially registered as the Left for a Socialist Option (''Izquierda por una Opción Socialista''), is a Trotskyist political party in Argentina. It was founded in 2006 as a split from the Sociali ...
in
Argentina
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, Unidad Socialista de Izquierda in
Venezuela
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, Corrente Socialista dos Trabalhadores in
Brazil
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and Movimiento pelo Socialismo in
Portugal
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.
It was formed in 1995 by the merger of the Revolutionary International Current, consisting of a breakaway faction of the
International Workers League (Fourth International)
International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations".
International may also refer to:
Music Albums
* ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011
* ''International'' (New Order album), 2002
* ''International'' (The T ...
(LIT-CI); and the
International League for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International. Both the LIT and UIT claim to stand in the political tradition of
Nahuel Moreno
Nahuel Moreno (real name Hugo Miguel Bressano Capacete; April 24, 1924 – January 25, 1987) was a Trotskyism, Trotskyist leader from Argentina. Moreno was active in the Trotskyist movement from 1942 until his death.
Biography 1950s–1960s
Durin ...
.
Fusion talks with the
Committee for a Workers' International
The Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) was an international association of Trotskyist political parties. Today, two groups claim to be the continuation of the CWI.
History Founding
The origins of the CWI can be traced to a group of ...
were held in 1997, but quickly failed, some German CWI members joined the UIT in the process, creating a short-lived German section called Sozialistische Initiative/Sozialistische Liga (SI/SL).
[Frank Nitzsche (2006): Aus dem Schatten in die Reichweite der Kameras. Die Entwicklung trotzkistischer Organisationen in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Einflusses der neuen sozialen Bewegungen von 1968 bis heute. p. 67]
See also
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List of Trotskyist internationals
This is a list of Trotskyist internationals. It includes all of the many political internationals which self-identify as Trotskyist.
Of the organizations listed, three claim to be the original Fourth International founded in 1938: the reunified F ...
References
External links
UIT-CI (in Spanish)
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