The Struggle Inside the Socialist Workers Party 1979-1983

Primary author
Publisher
Fourth Internationalist Tendency
Place of Publication
NY
Date of Publication
1992
Number of Pages
328
Series
In Defense of American Trotskyism
Classification
II Regions and countries | F North America | us 01 United States
Description
Editor: Sarah Lovell
Frank Lovell: Introduction: The Meaning of the Struggle Inside the Socialist Workers Party
I Preliminary Documents
Breitman: Castroism: Revolutionary or Centrist
Breitman: Letter: "Loyalty and Party Membership"
Kerry: If You Ever Surrender Your Right to Criticize, You're Dead!
II The 1981 Convention and Aftermath
Breitman: Why the Political Resolution Should Be Amended on the FI and Castroism
Bloom: Some Comments in Support of George Breitman's Amendments
Bloom: Minority Report on the NC Draft Political Resolution
- Statements Concluding the 1981 Convention:
Weinstein/Henderson Minority Caucus Statement
Breitman Minority caucus Statement
Barnes Majority Caucus Statement
Lovell and Bloom: Proposals to the PC and the NC for political discussion
Lovell: Letter to the NC: For a discussion of Leninism
Weinstein: Report on November 1981 Plenum
Bloom and Lovell: Platform of the Fourth Internationalist Caucus
III The Struggle of the Fourth Internationalist Caucus
Evans: Lenin and the Theory of Democratic Dictatorship
Theses on the Workers' and Farmers' Government
Bloom: The Workers' and Farmers' Government and the Socialist Revolution
Bloom: Poland, The Fourth International and the Socialist Workers' Party
The Iranian Revolution and the Dangers that Threaten It
Problems of the Middle Eastern Revolution
The revolution in Central America and the Caribbean
The Socialist Workers Party and the American Revolution
Party tactics in the Unions and Political Tasks
The American Political Situation and Our Perspectives
Tasks of the SWP in the Antiwar Movement
The SWP and the Women's Liberation Movement Today
Lovell: Democratic Centralism and Building a Revolutionary Combat Party. Party Norms and Appeals
The Attempt to Establish a Partywide Tendency: Call for the Fourth Internationalist Tendency
Barnes: Letter
Resolution to open Pre-World Congress Discussion
Lovell and Bloom: Proposal to Secure Party Democracy
Lovell: Two letters for a Party Convention
Call for Formation of Partywide Fourth Internationalist Caucus
IV The Opposition Bloc
Platform to overcome the Party Crisis
28 Theses on the American Socialist revolution and Building the Revolutionary Party
Motions for a 1983 Convention
Bloom, Lovell, Weinstein and Henderson: Draft Resolution: New Norms vs. Old: The Erosion of Proletarion Democracy in the SWP
Bloom, Lovell, Henderson and Weinstein: Draft Resolution submitted to the August 1983 Plenum: Resolving the International Crisis of Revolutionary Leadership
Opposition Bloc in the National Committee: Draft Resolution on Perspectives for the 1984 Election to the August 1983 Plenum
Bloom and Lovell: Statement: The Suspension of the Four Opposition NC Members
Copy Number
1
Identifier
II F 01  LOV   reg16523  cop 2
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