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June 29, 1982
To the National Committee, Political Committee, and Political Bureau Socialist Workers Party
Dear Comrades:
Now that the IEC has opened a pre-World Congress discussion in which members as well as leaders of the sections and fraternal parties can participate, we are announcing the formation of the Fourth Internationalist Tendency in order to be able to participate collectively in the international discussion and to advance our views on disputed international questions in an organized and responsible way. In accord with the norms of democratic centralism, we intend to consult in the preparation of documents for the International Internal Discussion Bulletin. The political basis of our collaboration as an ideological tendency is agreement with the general line of the following documents: “The Cuban Revolution, the Castroist Current, and the Fourth International,” IEC resolution adopted May 1981 (IP, October 19,1981); “The Debate Over the Character and Goals of the Russian Revolution,” by Ernest Mandel (ISR, April 1982); “The Iranian Revolution and the Dangers That Threaten It,” resolution of the Fourth Internationalist Caucus in the NC, presented to the February-March 1982 NC plenum ( International Internal Information Bulletin, No. 1 in 1982, May 1982); and “Poland, the Fourth International, and the Socialist Workers Party,” a report by Steve Bloom to the February-March 1982 NC plenum (International Internal Information Bulletin, No. 2 in 1982, May 1982). We request that this statement be circulated to the branches for the information of the membership.
Naomi Allen, Brooklyn branch
Alan Benjamin, Manhattan branch
Steve Bloom, Brooklyn branch
George Breitman, Manhattan branch
Larry Cooperman, Chicago branch
Les Evans, Iron Range branch
Dianne Feeley, Pittsburgh branch
Asher Harer, San Francisco branch
Paul Le Blanc, Pittsburgh branch
Frank Lovell, Brooklyn branch
Joanna Misnik, Cleveland branch
Elias Ramirez, Newark branch
George Saunders, Manhattan branch
Evelyn Sell, Los Angeles branch
Rita Shaw, Seattle branch
Jean Tussey, Cleveland branch
Dave Walsh, Boston branch
Ann Teasdale Zukowski, Iron Range branch
Copy to United Secretariat
Hand delivered by Steve Bloom, June 29, 1982
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