Delegations from 17 countries joined workers and young people from across the country for an event. This marked the opening of the XIVth conference of the Trotskyist Fraction — Fourth International.
Myriam Bregman and other figures with Left Voice’s sister organization in Argentina are seeing a burst in mainstream support, with polls showing Bregman is the most popular political figure in the country. On May Day, they rallied thousands to discuss building a movement for a new workers’ party.
Between December 15 and 20, the XIVth Conference of the TF-CI was held in São Paulo, Brazil, where it resolved to change its name to Permanent Revolution – Current for the Fourth International. They were days of intense internationalist debate, with dozens of delegates from multiple countries. Following are the main resolutions voted on by participants in the conference.
The history of the Chinese labor movement intertwines with the history of the country’s industrial development, stemming from clashes against foreign oppression in China and military conflagration among imperialist powers. Already in the early stages of its confrontation with the ruling class, we observe two essential traits: first, Chinese workers can hardly be classified, at any point in their history, as mere objects of exploitation; second, their class struggle became accustomed to unfolding simultaneously against the native ruling class and foreign oppression. Below, we outline in brief strokes some decisive moments of proletarian struggle in China over the last century and a half.
Before they were slandered as fascists and wreckers, Trotskyists led one of the most advanced processes of working-class activity in Vietnam’s history. This buried revolutionary legacy provides lessons on anti-imperialist class struggle, lessons that are more valuable than ever.
The Strike at Samsung Electronics The National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), one of the five unions at Samsung Electronics in South Korea, began its strike on July 8 of this year, for the first time in the company’s 55-year history. The union organizes about 32,000 workers, around 25% of the Samsung Electronics workforce. The strike […]
