The degeneration and collapse of the Fourth International: in defence of our heritage

The following is a reading list dealing with the key political mistakes made by the leadership of the Fourth International following the end of the Second World War and during the post-war period. 

The Fourth International was founded by Trotsky in 1938. By that point, the Second ‘Socialist’ International and the Third ‘Communist’ International had completely betrayed their historic missions and acted as traitorous obstacles in the way of the victory of the working class. A new revolutionary leadership was required worldwide, one founded upon the Marxist ideas long since abandoned by the other internationals.