List of left-wing internationals

This is a list of socialist, communist, and anarchist, and other left-wing internationals. An "International" — such as, the "First International", the "Second International", or the "Socialist International" — may refer to a number of multi-national communist, radical liberal, socialist, or organized labour organizations, typically composed of national sections.

Existing internationals

Global internationals

Progressive, social democratic, anti-capitalist, and socialist internationals

Socialist International (Democratic socialism, Social democracy)
Progressive Alliance (Progressivism)
Progressive International (Progressivism, Anti-capitalism)
International Peoples' Assembly (Progressivism, Anti-capitalism)
Horizon Federation (Libertarian socialism)^[1]

Classical Marxist and left-communist internationals

World Socialist Movement (Classical Marxism)
International Communist Current (Left communism)
International Communist Party (Left communism)
Internationalist Communist Tendency (Left communism)

Anarchist internationals

Marxist–Leninist, Maoist and Hoxhaist internationals

Trotskyist, Posadist and post-Trotskyist internationals

Committee for a Workers' International (Trotskyist) – claims to be refoundation of Committee for a Workers' International (1974)^[2]
Committee for Revolutionary International Regroupment^[3] (Trotskyist)
Fourth International (reunified)^[4] (Trotskyist)
International Committee of the Fourth International^[5] (Trotskyist)
International Committee of the Fourth International^[6] (Trotskyist) – associated with the Workers Revolutionary Party
International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)^[7] (Trotskyist) – previously known as the International Spartacist Tendency
Revolutionary Communist International^[8] (Trotskyist) – previously known as the International Marxist Tendency and the Committee for a Marxist International
International Revolutionary Left^[9] (Trotskyist)
International Socialist Alternative^[10] (Trotskyist) – claims to be successor to Committee for a Workers' International (1974)
International Socialist Tendency^[11] (Post-Trotskyist)
Internationalist Communist Union^[12] (Trotskyist)
International Trotskyist Committee for the Political Regeneration of the Fourth International^[13] (Trotskyist)
International Workers League – Fourth International^[14] (Trotskyist)
International Workers' Unity – Fourth International^[15] (Trotskyist)
League for the Fifth International^[16] (Trotskyist)
League for the Fourth International^[17] (Trotskyist)
League for the Revolutionary Party – Communist Organization for the Fourth International^[18] (Trotskyist)
Organising Committee for the Reconstitution of the Fourth International^[19] (Trotskyist)
Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International^[20] (Trotskyist)
Workers International to Rebuild the Fourth International^[21] (Trotskyist)
International Bolshevik Tendency^[22] (Trotskyist)
Bolshevik Tendency^[23] (Trotskyist)
International Leninist Trotskyist Tendency^[24] (Trotskyist)
Permanent Revolution Collective^[25] (Trotskyist)
International Leninist Trotskyist Fraction^[26] (Trotskyist)
Tendency for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International^[27] (Trotskyist)
Internationalist Trotskyist Nucleus-Fourth International^[28] (Trotskyist)
Fourth International Posadist^[29] (Posadist)
Liaison Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International (Trotskyist)

Anti-imperialist internationals

Green and ecologist internationals

Regional internationals

Communist Party of the Soviet Union (2001) (Marxism–Leninism, Post-Soviet states)
Coordination Committee of Maoist Parties and Organisations of South Asia (Maoism, South Asia)
European Anti-Capitalist Left (Democratic socialism, Europe)
Foro de São Paulo (Anti-neoliberalism, Latin America)
Now the People (Democratic socialism, Europe)
Party of the European Left (Socialism, Europe)
Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (Leftism, Latin America and the Caribbean)
Union of Communist Parties – Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Marxism–Leninism, Post-Soviet states)
Conference of Communist and Worker's Parties of the Balkans (Marxism–Leninism, Balkans)^[31]
European Communist Action (Marxism–Leninism, Europe)^[32]

Defunct internationals

League of the Just (Christian communism, 1839–1847)
Communist League (Marxism, 1847–1852)
International Workingmen's Association ("First International") (Marxism, 1864–1876)
Anarchist St. Imier International, (Collectivist anarchism, 1872–1877)
International Working People's Association ("Black International") (Insurrectionary anarchism, Anarcho-collectivism, Anarcho-communism, 1881–1887)
Second International (Marxism, 1889–1916)
International Working Union of Socialist Parties ("2½ International") (Centrist Marxism, 1921–1923)
Communist International ("Third International") (Marxism–Leninism, 1919–1943)
Communist Workers' International (Council communism (1922–mid-1920s)
Labour and Socialist International (Socialism, 1923–1940)
International Revolutionary Marxist Centre ("3½ International") (Centrist Marxism, 1932–1940s)
Fourth International (Trotskyism, 1938–1953)
Revolutionary Workers Ferment (Left communism, 1948–unknown)
Situationist International (Situationism, 1957–1971)
International League for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International (Trotskyism, 1973–1995)^{[citation needed]}
Committee for a Workers' International (Trotskyism, 1974–2019)
Trotskyist International Liaison Committee (Trotskyism, 1979–1984)
Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (Marxism–Leninism–Maoism, 1984–2012)
International Communist Seminar (Marxism–Leninism, 1992–2014)
International Libertarian Solidarity (Anarchism, 2001–2005)
International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (International Newsletter) (Marxism–Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, 1988–2017)
Coordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International (Trotskyism, 2004–2017)
Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties (Marxism–Leninism, Europe, 2013–2023)

References

^ "Horizon". Democratic Socialists of America's Libertarian Socialist Caucus. 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
^ "Refounding the Committee for a Workers' International on the basis of a Trotskyist programme and method". socialistworld.net. Committee for a Workers' International. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
^ "Committee for Revolutionary International Regroupment (CRIR)". Freedom Socialist Party. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
^ "Fourth International". fourth.international/en.
^ "World Socialist Web Site – Marxist analysis, international working class struggles & the fight for socialism". www.wsws.org.
^ "International".
^ "International Communist League". www.icl-fi.org.
^ "Socialist Appeal".
^ "Founding Congress of the International Revolutionary Left". Izquierda Revolucionaria (in European Spanish). 29 July 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
^ INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE EDITORIAL BOARD (8 February 2020). "International Socialist Alternative Launched". International Socialist Alternative. International Socialist Alternative. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
^ "International Socialist Tendency". internationalsocialists.org.
^ "Internationalist Communist Union – Workers of the world, unite!". www.union-communiste.org.
^ "International Trotskyist Committee". itc4.org.
^ "IWL – FI – International Workers League – Fourth International – IWL – FI". www.litci.org. 14 September 2017.
^ "Home". Uit-Ci (in European Spanish). 2021-03-14. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
^ "League for the Fifth International – Fighting for a new world party of socialist revolution". www.fifthinternational.org.
^ "Internationalist Group -- Reforge the Fourth International!". www.internationalist.org.
^ "LRP-COFI". www.lrp-cofi.org.
^ "OCRFI-Fourth International". Socialist Organizer. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
^ "Trotskyist Fraction Fourth International". Ft-ci.org. Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
^ "wirfi – Workers International to rebuild the 4th International". Retrieved 2021-08-24.
^ "International Bolshevik Tendency". www.bolshevik.org.
^ "Bolshevik Tendency - For the rebirth of the Fourth International!". Bolshevik Tendency. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
^ "International Leninist Trotskyist Tendency (ILTT)". Communist Workers Group (CWG-USA). Retrieved 2021-08-21.
^ "Permanent Revolution Collective". www.revolucionpermanente.com. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
^ ".::: FLTI :::". www.flti-ci.org. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
^ "Home - TRCI". trci-web.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
^ "NTI-CI". NTI-CI (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-28.
^ "Bienvenue". Quatrième Internationale Posadiste (in French). Retrieved 2021-08-22.
^ wap21 (2022-10-14). "Paris Declaration: The rising tide of global war and the tasks of anti-imperialists". Platform. Retrieved 2023-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Balkan Conference". 2012-04-14. Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
^ "European Communist Action's Founding Declaration". 27 November 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

External links

Media related to Left-wing internationals at Wikimedia Commons
Lists of leftist organisations

[1] "Horizon". Democratic Socialists of America's Libertarian Socialist Caucus. 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-09.

[2] "Refounding the Committee for a Workers' International on the basis of a Trotskyist programme and method". socialistworld.net. Committee for a Workers' International. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

[3] "Committee for Revolutionary International Regroupment (CRIR)". Freedom Socialist Party. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

[4] "Fourth International". fourth.international/en.

[5] "World Socialist Web Site – Marxist analysis, international working class struggles & the fight for socialism". www.wsws.org.

[6] "International".

[7] "International Communist League". www.icl-fi.org.

[8] "Socialist Appeal".

[9] "Founding Congress of the International Revolutionary Left". Izquierda Revolucionaria (in European Spanish). 29 July 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

[10] INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ALTERNATIVE EDITORIAL BOARD (8 February 2020). "International Socialist Alternative Launched". International Socialist Alternative. International Socialist Alternative. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

[11] "International Socialist Tendency". internationalsocialists.org.

[12] "Internationalist Communist Union – Workers of the world, unite!". www.union-communiste.org.

[13] "International Trotskyist Committee". itc4.org.

[14] "IWL – FI – International Workers League – Fourth International – IWL – FI". www.litci.org. 14 September 2017.

[15] "Home". Uit-Ci (in European Spanish). 2021-03-14. Retrieved 2021-08-24.

[16] "League for the Fifth International – Fighting for a new world party of socialist revolution". www.fifthinternational.org.

[17] "Internationalist Group -- Reforge the Fourth International!". www.internationalist.org.

[18] "LRP-COFI". www.lrp-cofi.org.

[19] "OCRFI-Fourth International". Socialist Organizer. Retrieved 2021-08-24.

[20] "Trotskyist Fraction Fourth International". Ft-ci.org. Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-09-20.

[21] "wirfi – Workers International to rebuild the 4th International". Retrieved 2021-08-24.

[22] "International Bolshevik Tendency". www.bolshevik.org.

[23] "Bolshevik Tendency - For the rebirth of the Fourth International!". Bolshevik Tendency. Retrieved 2021-08-24.

[24] "International Leninist Trotskyist Tendency (ILTT)". Communist Workers Group (CWG-USA). Retrieved 2021-08-21.

[25] "Permanent Revolution Collective". www.revolucionpermanente.com. Retrieved 2021-09-13.

[26] ".::: FLTI :::". www.flti-ci.org. Retrieved 2021-09-13.

[27] "Home - TRCI". trci-web.org. Retrieved 2021-08-21.

[28] "NTI-CI". NTI-CI (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-28.

[29] "Bienvenue". Quatrième Internationale Posadiste (in French). Retrieved 2021-08-22.

[30] wap21 (2022-10-14). "Paris Declaration: The rising tide of global war and the tasks of anti-imperialists". Platform. Retrieved 2023-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[31] "Balkan Conference". 2012-04-14. Archived from the original on 2012-04-14. Retrieved 2022-09-29.

[32] "European Communist Action's Founding Declaration". 27 November 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

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