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Workers' Fight has been the name of several
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 ...
groups and publications in Britain.


Organisations

*Workers' Fight is also the name of a group in England linked to the French
Lutte Ouvrière The French Trotskyist political party Union Communiste (Communist Union) is usually known as Lutte Ouvrière (Workers' Struggle, ), after the name of its weekly paper. Arlette Laguiller has been the party's spokeswoman since 1973 and ran in each ...
that focuses on activity in large factory workplaces, rather than trade union or community-based work. They publish the journal ''Class Struggle'' on a bi-monthly basis. *Another group named Workers' Fight split from the Workers International League in 1998, publishing two editions of a newspaper of the same name before disintegrating.


Publications

*''Workers' Fight'' was the publication of the Revolutionary Socialist League, in the period when it was led by
C. L. R. James Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901 – 31 May 1989),Fraser, C. Gerald, '' The New York Times'', 2 June 1989. who sometimes wrote under the pen-name J. R. Johnson, was a Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist. His works are i ...
in the late 1930s. A new collected edition of this paper was recently issued in Sweden. *''Workers' Fight'' was also the original publication of the group now known as the
Alliance for Workers' Liberty The Alliance for Workers' Liberty (AWL), also known as Workers' Liberty, is a Trotskyist group in Britain and Australia, which has been identified with the theorist Sean Matgamna throughout its history. It publishes the newspaper ''Solidarity''. ...
. It appeared for a short period in 1967-1968 before the group joined the International Socialists as a faction. The group was expelled from IS in 1971 and was known by the same name as its publication again until it merged with Workers Power to form the
International-Communist League The Alliance for Workers' Liberty (AWL), also known as Workers' Liberty, is a Trotskyist group in Britain and Australia, which has been identified with the theorist Sean Matgamna throughout its history. It publishes the newspaper '' Solidarity'' ...
in 1975.http://archive.workersliberty.org/publications/readings/trots/power.html Workers' Power - lessons for the revolutionary left


References

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