Key Works

Strategy, party and the International

Readings for the sessions on strategy, party-building and the International: the statutes and the 12th to 17th World Congress resolutions, Trotsky's Transitional Programme, Ernest Mandel, Daniel Bensaïd, Pierre Rousset, François Sabado and Michael Löwy.

24 works, 6 of them on this site. Fourth International documents and the classics first, then by the number of teaching materials that cite them.

1. Fourth International document Role and tasks of the Fourth InternationalFourth International (15th World Congress) · 2003 · International Viewpoint no. 351/2 · on this site · cited in 27 teaching materialsAlso: archive.4edu · 4edu · International Viewpoint
2. Fourth International document Role and party-building tasks of the Fourth InternationalFourth International (17th World Congress) · 2018 · International Viewpoint · on this site · cited in 14 teaching materialsAlso: International Viewpoint
3. Fourth International document Dictatorship of the proletariat and socialist democracyFourth International (12th World Congress) · 1985 · International Viewpoint special issue · on this site · cited in 10 teaching materialsAlso: 4edu · International Viewpoint
4. The Transitional Program (The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International)Leon Trotsky · 1938 · external link · cited in 9 teaching materialsAlso: marxists.org
5. The History of the Russian RevolutionLeon Trotsky · 1932 · Sphere Books, London · external link · cited in 7 teaching materials
6. Fourth International document Building the International todayFourth International (14th World Congress) · 1995 · International Viewpoint · on this site · cited in 5 teaching materialsAlso: archived copy
7. Fourth International document Statutes of the Fourth International (1974) and Preamble (2003)Fourth International · 2003 · International Viewpoint no. 351-2 · on this site · cited in 5 teaching materialsAlso: archive.4edu
8. Fourth International document Building revolutionary youth organisations in the imperialist countriesFourth International (International Executive Committee) · 1982 · on this site · cited in 4 teaching materials
9. The Leninist Theory of OrganizationErnest Mandel · 1970 · IMG, London · external link · cited in 13 teaching materialsAlso: International Viewpoint · marxists.org
10. The formative years of the Fourth International (1933-1938)Daniel Bensaïd · IIRE · external link · cited in 13 teaching materials
11. Reflections on the “party question” (expanded version) – an overviewPierre Rousset · 2017 · 4edu · external link · cited in 12 teaching materialsAlso: International Viewpoint
12. The tyranny of structurelessnessJo Freeman · 1973 · Ms. Magazine · external link · cited in 11 teaching materials
13. September 1938 - the founding of the Fourth InternationalInternational Viewpoint · external link · cited in 9 teaching materials
14. The Fourth International is 80 years old!Michael Löwy · International Viewpoint · external link · cited in 8 teaching materials
15. The new world struggles to be bornGus Massiah · Intercoll · external link · cited in 8 teaching materials
16. Sanctions policy in a feminist partyPRT (Mexico) · 1989 · Bandera Socialista no. 402 · external link · cited in 7 teaching materialsAlso: archive.4edu · International Viewpoint
17. Building broad anti-capitalist parties - a necessary stepFrançois Sabado · 2004 · International Viewpoint · external link · cited in 4 teaching materials
18. Some Key Elements of Revolutionary Strategy in Developed Capitalist CountriesFrançois Sabado · 2006 · Europe Solidaire · external link · cited in 4 teaching materials
19. The World Up in Arms Against Austerity and AuthoritarianismDan La Botz · International Viewpoint · external link · cited in 4 teaching materials
20. The party and the period (interview)Daniel Bensaïd · 2005 · International Viewpoint · external link · cited in 4 teaching materialsAlso: marxists.org
21. From the mid-1960s to the present: two generations in the evolution of the European radical left and some current controversiesPierre Rousset · International Viewpoint · external link · cited in 3 teaching materials
22. Marxism: towards a fifth international? / Towards a new International?Michael Löwy · 2003 · International Viewpoint no. 348 · external link · cited in 3 teaching materials
23. Report on the balance sheet and problems of building our youth organisations in EuropeGabriel · 1988 · no copy online · cited in 3 teaching materials
24. The Fourth International and Socialist Resistance (An article introducing the FI today)Liam Mac Uaid · 2013 · Socialist Resistance · archived copy · cited in 3 teaching materials