statement on the split on 17 November 1979, the Reconstruction of the Fourth International (OCRFI).
Both the LTT and the OCRFI reacted in a sectarian fashion to the Nicaraguan revolution. There is a parallel here. with the Algerran Cuban revolutions.. revolutions were led by revolutionists who did not have the full Leninist programme, these sectarians deduced that the correct stance was organisation of the masses, the scope of the Colles the Manchester and Glasgow? Weican only hope that their New Year's resolution was to false money so that our paper can fight not ote name men cenmot Dak That's why our 'E5 for Socialist Challenge Fund' is so vital. We appeal most carnestly to every reader and help your paper. this the Send us a fiver to the following address: Socialist Challenge, PO Box Our thanks this week to: 10.00 AI.U 3.00 4.00 Victorious Sandinista querillas in Nicaragua. Woren played a prominent role in the revolution. We are against 'sectarian abstentionism in the face of the living revolution...
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What this reversal by the OCRFI amounts to is a short-sighted policy of seking supposed advantage. To do this. they turned their backs on the objective need of pursuing a course of exploring the possibilities of a principled unification with the Fourth International, which would represent a major solving of revolutionary leadership in the coming class battles. in a number of key countries...
The OCRFI, the LTT, and the BF have issued an appeal to set up a 'parity commission for the reorganisation (reconstruction) of the Ins Is an operation designed to further split and attack the Fourth Trotskyism as an They have called for an 'oper conference' of those seking the destruction of This 'open conference' itself will be nothing more than a talking shop with its only common denominator being opposition to bulding the Fourth International as a world party. It is clear that the OCRFI, the BF, and the LTT do not agree on the major issues of the class struggle today, and that they are opposed to majority • ¡IclI Pla. will come to nothing, just as the OCRFI itself failed to build an alternative to the Fourth It will only result in the demoralisation and destruction of By these actions, the OCRFI, the BF, and •the LTT have turned their backs on burding the Fourth International as an organisation today. The need to: simultaneously build national working-class revolutionary parties.
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