International Revolutionary Left ( es, Izquierda Revolucionaria Internacional) is a

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international tendency that split from 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 ...

in 2019.

Background

Following a disagreement with

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(IMT) in 2009, the leadership of the

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, and Mexican sections decided to break with IMT. These groups formed and, in 2017, decided to merge with

(CWI).

Formation

In 2019, a major rift formed within the CWI between the minority "In Defence of a Working Class and Trotskyist CWI" faction and the International Executive Committee-led majority. While the

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and Spanish sections aligned themselves with the minority faction, they had a falling out. They soon, along with the Mexican and Venezuelan sections, left the CWI altogether to form the International Revolutionary Left. At their founding congress on 22 July 2019 in

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, the delegates were joined by representatives from the German section who had earlier in the month voted to affiliate with the group.

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* {{Political internationals 2019 establishments in Spain Political organizations established in 2019