History

The Socialist Workers Party’s Education for Socialists series Towards a History of the Fourth International (New York, 1973–78): the documents, letters and articles of the International’s history from the founding to the split of 1953 and the road to reunification, as the series printed them. 16 volumes, 326 items.

Reproduced with the permission of Pathfinder Press. The texts were read from the Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line’s scans of the bulletins and corrected against the page images. The 46 documents of the International’s own bodies are in the main part of this site with its other documents, and are listed here in their place in each volume.

1. Part 1: Three Contributions on Postwar DevelopmentsJune 1973 · 3 items
2. Part 2: Towards a History of the Fourth International, Part IINovember 1973 · 3 items
3. Part 3, vol. 1: Struggle in the Fourth International: International Committee Documents 1951-1954, Volume 1 of 4 volumesMarch 1974 · edited by Fred Feldman · 20 items
4. Part 3, vol. 2: Struggle in the Fourth International: International Committee Documents 1951-1954, Volume 2 of 4 volumesMarch 1974 · edited by Fred Feldman · 33 items
5. Part 3, vol. 3: Struggle in the Fourth International. International Committee Documents 1951-1954, Volume 3 of 4 volumesMarch 1974 · edited by Fred Feldman · 23 items
6. Part 3, vol. 4: Struggle in the Fourth International. International Committee Documents 1951-1954, Volume 4 of 4 volumesMarch 1974 · edited by Fred Feldman · 20 items
7. Part 4, vol. 1: Struggle in the Fourth International — International Secretariat Documents 1951-1954, Volume 1 of 4 volumesMarch 1974 · edited by Fred Feldman · 5 items
8. Part 4, vol. 2: Struggle in the Fourth International — International Secretariat Documents 1951-1954, Volume 2 of 4 volumesMarch 1974 · edited by Fred Feldman · 20 items
9. Part 4, vol. 3: Struggle in the Fourth International: International Secretariat Documents, 1951-1954, Volume 3 of 4 volumesMarch 1974 · edited by Fred Feldman · 13 items
10. Part 4, vol. 4: Struggle in the Fourth International: International Secretariat Documents, 1951-1954, Volume 4 of 4 volumesMarch 1974 · edited by Fred Feldman · 38 items
11. Part 5: Ten Years: History and Principles of the Left OppositionApril 1974 · 2 items
12. Part 6: Revolutionary Marxism vs. Class Collaboration in Sri LankaAugust 1975 · edited by Fred Feldman · 4 items
13. Second series, vol. 1: The Struggle to Reunify the Fourth International (1954-1963), Volume I: The First Parity Commission and Peng Shu-tse's “Pabloism Reviewed”May 1977 · edited by Fred Feldman · 12 items
14. Second series, vol. 2: “De-Stalinization,” the Hungarian Revolution, and World Trotskyism (Documents, 1955-57)February 1978 · edited by Fred Feldman · 12 items
15. Second series, vol. 3: How Healy and Pablo Blocked Reunification (Documents, 1956-58), Plus Documents on Algeria and CeylonJuly 1978 · edited by Fred Feldman · 63 items
16. Second series, vol. 4: "Deep Entryism" and Pablo's Anti-Unity Offensive (Documents, 1958-1960), Plus documents from India and JapanNovember 1978 · edited by Fred Feldman · 55 items