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Socialism or Barbarism - On the Eve of the 21st Century

United Secretariat of the Fourth International — 2026-02-01T13:18:40Z

This document was adopted by a meeting of the United Secretariat of the Fourth lntematlonal (FI) in 1992. It is the product of months of discussion within that world organization and an extensive pro-cess of rewriting and revision from an original draft proposed before the FI's World Congress in 1991.

- 13th World Congress - 1991 / Marxism, Fourth International, 13th World Congress - 1991, Features

“For a revival of Internationalism!”

1996-01-01T00:40:00Z

THE DELUGE of iron and fire which is falling on Iraq shows the true nature of the “new world order” championed by George Bush. The end to the “cold war” between Moscow and Washington has given way to new “hot wars”, as terrible as those we knew in the past decades, from Korea to Algeria; in Vietnam, in Afghanistan...

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A Manifesto: Only socialism can ensure the survival of humanity

1996-01-01T00:35:00Z

This documlent was not voted on at the World Congress but remitted for further resdrafting and adopted finally at the United Seceretariat meeting of May 1992 “Socialism or Barbarism - On the Eve of the 21st Century ”.

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“New world order” or international instability

1996-01-01T00:30:00Z

THE COLLAPSE of the bureaucratic regimes of Eastern Europe, the profound shake-up of Soviet bureaucracy, the reunification of Germany and the Gulf war mark a major turning point in world history. They mark the end of the international context which has lasted since the end of the second world war.

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Socialist revolution and Ecology

1996-01-01T00:25:00Z

ALTHOUGH ecological problems are not new to humanity, their scope and intensity have now lent them a new quality. Taking ecological dangers seriously means looking beyond the profit motive or bureaucratic rule towards a democratically planned, socialist society.

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Europe 1992: Bourgeois plans and workers' perspectives

1996-01-01T00:20:00Z

The upheavals in Eastern Europe are combined with a thoroughgoing reorganization of the political and economic situation in Western Europe. The perspective of integrating capitalist Europe, and the political and social future of the societies in the East, will not be resolved independently. Both have important implications.

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Western Europe: Changing forms of the struggle for women's liberation

1996-01-01T00:15:00Z

SINCE the 1979 11th World Congress resolution “The Socialist Revolution and the Struggle for Women's Liberation” important changes have taken place in the forms of women's radicalization in western imperialist countries.

- 13th World Congress - 1991 / Fourth International, Women, 13th World Congress - 1991, Sexual politics

Latin America: The strategic challenge for the revolutionary left

1996-01-01T00:10:00Z

It is obviously impossible to offer a single orientation for all our sections. There is no one single model for party building nor a single line for party building valid for all times and all places. It is now clear that the Nicaraguan revolution and the constitution of the Brazilian PT gave rise to attempts to repeat these two experiences. We are for building big mass revolutionary parties, but there are countless different variants possible for getting there.

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Latin America: Dynamics of mass movements and feminist currents

1996-01-01T00:05:00Z

STARTING with a critical look at the 11th World Congress resolution, “The socialist revolution and the struggle for women's liberation”, this resolution aims to be a guide to action for our organizations in their central task of organizing a women's liberation movement - alongside the masses of Latin American women, other feminist sectors and other revolutionary organizations - that can take its place and play a decisive role in the revolutionary process and in building a socialist society.

- 13th World Congress - 1991 / Fourth International, Women, 13th World Congress - 1991, Sexual politics

Positive action and partybuilding among women

1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are three possible approaches in considering the importance of the real integration of women and of the struggle against sex discrimination in political organizations and in particular in our organizations.

- 13th World Congress - 1991 / Fourth International, Women, 13th World Congress - 1991, Sexual politics