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| Abbreviation | L5I |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1989 |
| Type | International league ofTrotskyist organizations |
| Purpose | To form a new international organization of communist parties |
Main organ | Fifth International |
| Affiliations | Trotskyism |
| Website | fifthinternational |
TheLeague for the Fifth International (L5I) is an international grouping ofrevolutionaryTrotskyist organisations around a common programme and perspectives.
L5I was founded in 1989 as theMovement for a Revolutionary Communist International. Its first members groups wereWorkers' Power in Britain, theIrish Workers Group, andGruppe Arbeitermacht (GAM) in Germany.
The League publishes a quarterly English-language journal entitledFifth International. The majority of writers for this appear to be from the British group, although other sections publish journals in their own languages.Revolutionärer Marxismus is the German-language journal. The League previously published the journalPermanent Revolution, a more theoretical journal which looked at tactics that communist organisations use, theories of imperialism, and similar questions. This was followed byTrotskyist International which, although still theoretical, also looked more at current affairs.[citation needed]
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The L5I lists the following organisations as sections:[1]
| Country | Name | Misc. | Ref |
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| Arbeiter*innenstandpunkt | [2] | ||
| Workers' Power | FormerlyRed Flag.Entered theLabour Party in 2015. | [3][4][5] | |
| Gruppe ArbeiterInnenmacht | FormerlyGruppe Arbeitermacht. | [6] | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Movement | [7] | ||
| Arbetarmakt | [8] | ||
| Marxistische Aktion Schweiz | FormerlyGruppe Was Tun | [9] |
The L5I also has individual members inIreland andLebanon.[citation needed]
| Country | Name | Misc. | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Der Neue Kurs | Split fromArbeiter*innenstandpunkt in 2006 | [10] | |
| Liga Socialista | Appears to be defunct[citation needed] | [11] | |
| Permanent Revolution Tendency | Split from Workers' Power in 2006, dissolved in 2013 | [12] | |
| Socialistická organizace pracujících | Appears to be defunct[citation needed] | [citation needed] | |
| Communist Workers' Group | Split from L5I in 1995 | [13] | |
| Socialist Party of Sri Lanka | Split from L5I in 2020 | [14] | |
| Movement Towards Socialism | [15] | ||
| Workers Power USA | Appears to be defunct | [16] |