The Workers International Vanguard League (WIVL) 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 ...

organisation in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...

. It publishes ''Workers International News''. The group's origins lie in the underground Trotskyist Revolutionaries group, founded in 1985. In 1991, it became the South African section of the

Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International The Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International (WIRFI) is a Trotskyist international organisation. It was formed and based in the United Kingdom and originally consisted of a remnant of the Workers Revolutionary Party. The organisat ...

(WIRFI), and it finally became an open group when it stood candidates in the

1994 South African general election General elections were held in South Africa between 26 and 29 April 1994. The elections were the first in which citizens of all races were allowed to take part, and were therefore also the first held with universal suffrage. The election was c ...

, winning 5,481 votes. In 1996, after a dispute about the conclusions to be drawn from the break-up of the WIRFI, the vast majority of members left to form the WIVL. As the remainder of the South African WIRFI group soon dissolved, the WIVL claims to be the successor to this organisation. They stood in the

1999 South African general election General elections were held in South Africa on 2 June 1999. The result was a landslide victory for the governing African National Congress (ANC), which gained fourteen seats. Incumbent president Nelson Mandela declined to seek re-election as pr ...

, but came last, with only 672 votes. The group were among the founders of the

Anti-War Coalition The Anti-War Coalition (AWC) is a coalition of South African anti-war activists. It could have links to the international Stop the War Coalition but has instead chosen to involve itself with local politics, in particular the Workers Internationa ...

, and are currently focusing on this activity. In June 2009, the WIVL became founder members of the International Leninist-Trotskyist Fraction. Today, the organization is called the Workers International Vanguard Party.

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Introduction (from old WIVL website)Official website
Communist parties in South Africa Political parties in South Africa Political parties with year of establishment missing Trotskyist organisations in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-party-stub