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Fourth International: International Bulletins Library

1970 through 1976

Fourth International

These bulletins represent the contiunity of the Internal International Discussion Bulletins issued for the Fourth International and published by the U.S. Socialist Workers Party. These documents reflected the ongoing radicalization during the Vietnam War by the worlds youth, the recent death of Che in Bolivia, and the rise of both workers revolutions (Bolivia, Portugal) and the split that occurs politically between those in the world Trotskyist movement in support of armed guerrilla warfare in Latin America and those that hold a more orthodox view of Leninist Party building.

March 1970 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

A Criticism of the United Secretariat Majority Draft Resolution on the “Cultural Revolution” by Kyoji Nishi

April 1970 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Letter from Hugo Blanco to Joseph Hansen - January 1970
International Report [9th National Convention of the YSA, December 28, 1969] by Caroline Lund
Balance Sheet of the Student Movement By Daniel Bensaid and C. Scalabrino [reprinted from intercontinental Press, Vol. 7, No. 42- Dec. 15, 1969]
A Contribution to the Discussion On the Worldwide Radicalization of the Youth [Resolution passed by the Political Bureau of the French Communist League]

May 1970 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Resolution of the December 1969 IEC Plenum On the Split in the German Section
Letter from the Central Col"Imittee of the Gim to the Leadership of the IKD
Declaration of the Internationalist Communists of Germany — Section of the Fourth International — Regarding the Resolution of the December 1969 IEC On the Split in the German Section - January 23, 1969
Letter from the United Secretariat of the Fourth International to All Members of the IKD - February 1, 1970

June 1970 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Editorial Note
Original Draft Resolution on the "Cultural Revolution" and Proposed Amendments Arranged in Dual Columns
The Differences Between the Two Documents On the "Cultural Revolution" By Joseph Hansen

June 1970 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Report on the Third World Congress of the Fourth International Since Reunification By Joseph Hansen
Internationalism and the Socialist Workers Party By Barry Sheppard [Report to the 23rd National Convention of the Socialist Workers Party]
The Origin of the Differences on China By Joseph Hansen
[Report to the 23rd National Convention of the Socialist Workers Party]

July 1970 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

A Contribution to the Discussion on Revolutionary Strategy in Latin America

September 1970 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Letter from Livio Maitan to Hugo Blanco March 26, 1970
Guerrilla Warfare: the Lesson of China Letter from a Chinese Trotskyist
On the Character of Zionism and the Palestinian Liberation Movement by Micha
Criticism of a Criticism (in Reply to Comrade Nishi) by F. Charlier
Nigeria by Africanist
The Nigerian Situation and Our Tasks by Baba Oluwide

January 1971 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Political Report at the December 1969 Meeting of the International Executive Committee by E. Germain (Ernest Mandel-transcriber).

January 1971 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Letter from Hugo Blanco to Livio Maitan --October 17, 1970
Once Agatif On the Revolutionary Perspectives in Latin .America -- Defense of An Orientation and a Method by Livio Maitan
The Strategic Orientation of the Revolutionists in Latin America by Ernest Germain and Martine Knoeller

April 1971 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

In Defense of the Leninist Strategy of Party Building

June 1971 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Introductory Note to the Letter Signed Domingo, by L.M.
The Crisis of the Trotskyist Movement in Argentina, by Domingo
Correction of Translation
MAY 11, 1971, Letter from the Political Committee of the Socialist Workers Party to the United Secretariat
Statement of the United Secretariat Concerning the May 11, 1971, Letter of the Political Committee of the SWP
Reply to the Political Committee of the SWP, by Livio Maitan

July 1971 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Again, and Always, the Question of the International, by Alain Krivine and Pierre Frank
July 7, 1971, Letter from the Political Committee of the Socialist Workers Party to the United Secretariat

November 1971 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Our Orientation to the NDP &8211; as a Strategy – and its Tactical Application, by Ross Dowson, approved by the Political Committee of the LSA/LSO for the 1970 Convention.
Letter to SWP Convention from Pierre Frank
May 16, 1971, Letter from Stein to the National Leadership Of the Socialist Workers Party
June 1, 1971, Letter from Joseph Hansen to Stein
June 15, 1971, Letter from Stein to Joseph Hansen
June 24, 1971, Letter from Joseph Hansen to Stein
June 30, 1971, Letter from Joseph Hansen to Stein
In Answer to Comrade Stein, by Peter Camejo

March 1972 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Whom Should We Support in the Current Chinese Revolution, Another Discussion, by Hajime Osada

March 1972 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

A Letter On Bolivia, Raimond
Comments On Alain Krivine and Pierre Frank’s Document "Again, and Always, the Question of the International," by Hugo Blanco G.
for Good Preparation of the Next World Congress of the Fourth International, C. C. P. R. T.
for the Construction and Strengthening of the Latin American Sections of the Fourth International, by L. David, Miguel Fuentes, Antonio, Ines
A Contribution to the Discussion in the Fourth International On Tactics and Strategy in Latin America, by A. Iber, J. Montero, and T. Ismael

March 1972 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The Lessons of Bolivia, by Anibal Lorenzo (Submitted by the PRT (Verdad) for the internal discussion preparatory to the next world congress.)

March 1972 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

The Only Road to Workers’ Power and Socialism (El Unico Camino Hasta el Poder Obrero y el Socialismo) by Carlos Ramirez, Sergio Domecg and Juan Candela. Presented by the Partido Revolutionario de los Trabajadores (Combatiente).

October 1972 International Information Bulletin
Published by the Socialist Workers Party as fraternal courtesy to the United Secretariat of the Fourth International:

Preparatory Text for the 1971 Conference of the Lfaderships of the European Sections, by Vergeat and Delphin
The Building of Revolutionary Parties in Capitalist Europe (Draft Theses submitted to the 10th World Congress - 4th Since Reunification), by the United Secretariat Approved by the United Secretariat, September 1972
  for: Delfin, Kurt, Livio, Luc, Petersen, Pierre, Vergeat, Walter.
  Against: Adair, Hans, Pedro, Therese, Stateman.
   Not Present: Ghulam, Juan, Pia, Roca.