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International Viewpoint — 2026-11-01T03:43:14Z

The world is on fire with the spirit of resistance. We are seeing mass protests from India to the Spanish state demanding the right to live, to work and to learn in decent conditions. We are seeing strong resistance to the far right - for example in the magnificent victory of Lula-, across the planet. Young people from France to Brazil are in the forefront of these protests. Thousands upon thousands of people are visiting IVP to understand what's going on and see what revolutionaries are fighting for. - so we need to upgrade our systems.

- IVP622 - November 2026 / Fourth International

A life as a revolutionary Marxist - Farewell, Antonio

Sinistra Anticapitalista — 2026-10-25T13:58:57Z

Antonio Moscato, a long-standing member and activist of our organisation since the 1950s, passed away on the night of 24 October. He was 88 years old. A lifelong commitment, from agitation at the factory gates to the university, within our organisation and in the battle of ideas

- In Memoriam - Obituaries and appreciations / Italy, Obituary, Fourth International

A Working-Class Marxist Who Faced the Apocalypse

Duncan Chapel — 2026-10-11T08:53:18Z

“Alan Thornett, who has died aged 89, was the best-known militant in the British car industry during the decade when the industry settled the fate of British trade unionism.”

- In Memoriam - Obituaries and appreciations / Britain, Obituary, Fourth International, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Sinistra Anticapitalista Summer University: Solidarity, Partners, Ecosocialists

Sinistra Anticapitalista — 2026-10-04T13:04:01Z

“AI, Anti-Capitalist Intelligence”, the third edition of Italy's Ecosocialist Summer University – organized by Sinistra Anticapitalista and the Livio Maitan Library – ended on Sunday 6 September 2026 with a well-attended debate on the alternative to capitalist barbarism, moderated by Armando Morgia, in which Antonella Bundu (Toscana Rossa), Dario Salvetti (formerly of GKN), Eliana Como (CGIL oppositionist), Luca Scacchi (AMR Controvento), Giulio Calella (Edizioni Alegre) and Francesco Locantore (Gauche anticapitaliste) participated, among others.

- News from around the world / Italy, Marxism, Fourth International

The Inventor of Big Things: A Tribute to Livio Maitan

Gregor Benton — 2026-09-16T12:47:00Z

The following tribute was delivered at the launch of Livio Maitan's memoirs by Gregor Benton, the English translator. The launch was the 2019 Historical Materialism conference in London, Greg was speaking via video link from Borneo, where he was engaged in the documentation of a critically endangered indigenous language.

- Features / Italy, Fourth International, Historical events and figures, Features

Stalinism's Failures Vindicate Trotsky's Critique

Livio Maitan — 2026-09-03T04:24:06Z

On the anniversary of the founding of the Fourth International the publication for the first time in English of this text by Livio Maitan.

- Features / Marxism, Fourth International

“Almounadila socialiste”: Our ecosocialist and feminist alternative to the crisis of capitalist civilization

Al Mounadil-a — 2026-08-01T12:48:17Z

From July 16 to 19, 2026, the headquarters of the newspaper Almounadila socialiste hosted the first edition of “Socialist Days”, a space for political education, strategic reflection and activist exchanges dedicated to the deepening of the revolutionary socialist project.

- News from around the world / Fourth International, Morocco

International Anti-Capitalist Summer Camp

Emil Höllein — 2026-06-04T11:55:17Z

From 18 to 25 July 2026, the Movement for Socialism (BfS/MPS) of Switzerland, in collaboration with the Internationale Sozialistische Organisation (ISO) in Germany, is organising the 41st summer camp of the Fourth International.

- News from around the world / Youth camp, Germany, Fourth International, Switzerland

“In Algeria, what is fundamental is the state”

Masis Kürkçügil, Mohammed Harbi — 2026-05-01T07:16:21Z

In this previously unpublished interview conducted in June 2012, shortly before the fiftieth anniversary of Algerian independence, historian and former FLN leader Mohammed Harbi traces Algeria's political trajectory from colonial formation to post-independence bureaucratic rule.

- Features / Fourth International, Algeria, Historical events and figures, Features

Daniel Bensaïd and permanent revolution, old and new questions

Pierre Rousset — 2026-04-24T09:39:53Z

Expanded and revised version of the contribution presented at the Bensaïd Seminar organised in Amsterdam by the Fourth International on 3, 14 and 15 January 2012, at the premises of the International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE)

- Daniel Bensaïd archive / Marxism, Fourth International, Daniel Bensaid, Features