MIA: History: ETOL: Documents: FI: : 1963-1985: Leninist Trotskyist Tendency (and Faction)
Internal Mailings of the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction
1974-1977
To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (September 12, 1974)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
“A Short Statement by the RMF [Revolutionära Marxisters Förbund, Sweden] Political Bureau with regard to the LTF’s Latest Provocation Against the International (The Expulsion of the IT From the SWP)” (undated)
“Resolution of the Central Committee of the GIM [Gruppe Internationale Marxisten, West Germany] For the Preservation of the Unity of the Fourth International” (July 28, 1974)
“Supplementary Statement on the Resolution of the GIM Central Committee,” by Erik & Siegfried [German LTF supporters] (undated)
Letter to the United Secretariat from the Central Committee of the Liga Socialista [Mexico] (July 20, 1974)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Jim Percy, National Secretary, Socialist Workers League [Australia] (August 15, 1974)
“Motion of the National Executive Committee of the Socialist Action League [New Zealand] Concerning the Need for a Special World Congress” (July 24, 1974)
Letter to John Benson from Roberto [Italian LTF supporter] (August 16, 1974)
Letter to Jack Barnes from Bob Langston (August 16, 1974)
Letter to the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party [US] from Berta Langston, Bob Langston, Jim Morgan, Ralph Levitt, Celia Stodola, Peter Graumann, Alan Wald, Gerard Guibet (August 15, 1974)
Letter to Gus Horowitz from Bob Langston (August 23, 1974)
Letter to Bob Langston from Barbara Matson (September 6, 1974)
Letter to Bob Langston from Jack Barnes (September 6, 1974)
Letter to Barry Sheppard from Gus Horowitz (September 5, 1974)
“IEC Majority Tendency’s Reply to the Statement by the Minority Faction” (August 8, 1974)
“RMF Political Bureau Resolution on the Activity of the So-Called Leninist-Trotskyist Faction” (August, 1974)
“Answer to the Political Bureau’s ‘Resolution on the Activity of the So-Called Leninist-Trotskyist Faction’,” by D. Hillstrom [Swedish LTF supporter]
Introduction to the United Secretariat Statement on the PST, by the Political Bureau of the Revolutionära Marxisters Förbund [Sweden], Internationalen, (August 14, 1974)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (September 27, 1974)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
Letter to the Executive Bureau of the International Marxist Group [Britain] from Susan Williams [Connie Harris] (August 1, 1974)
“An Initial Contribution on the June 15th Action and the Anti-Fascist Campaign,” by the Steering Committee of The Tendency for the National Committee [IMG] (August 4, 1974)
“On the PC/SWP Expulsion of the IT Members from the SWP and its Call for the Convocation of a Special World Congress of the Fourth International,” by the Political Bureau, Japan Revolutionary Communist League (September 6, 1974)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Mogens Pedersen for the Central Committee of the Revolutionära Marxisters Förbund [Sweden] (July 30, 1974)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Alfonso Ríos for the Central Committee of the Grupo Communista Internacionalista [Mexico]
“The Myth of the ‘IT Split’ – The Purge Politics of the LTF” by the Internationalist Tendency [US] (given to the September 7-8, 1974 meeting of the United Secretariat)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (October 1, 1974)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
Report on the meeting of the United Secretariat, September 7-8, 1974, by Stateman [Barry Sheppard] (September 27, 1974)
Motions adopted by the United Secretariat, September 7-8, 1974
“Draft Statement of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International Regarding the Call for a Special World Congress Adopted by the Political Committee of the Socialist Workers Party on July 4, 1974,” submitted by IMT members of the United Secretariat, adopted by the United Secretariat, September 7-8, 1974
Letter to Mary-Alice Waters from Walter [Ernest Mandel] (September 7, 1974)
Letter to Ernest Mandel from Mary-Alice Waters (September 30, 1974)
To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (October 10, 1974)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
“The Need for a Special World Congress,” a statement by the Steering Committee of the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction (August 28, 1974)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Mary-Alice Waters (October 9, 1974)
Letter to Mohan [India] from Gus Horowitz (October 9, 1974)To all [SWP] National Committee Members (November 14, 1974)
Cover letter by Jack Barnes
Letter to the Steering Committee of the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction from Mary-Alice Waters (November 13, 1974)
Letter to David Keil and Bill Gottlieb from Mary-Alice Waters (November 11, 1974)
Letter to the Steering Committee of the LTF from Bill Gottlieb and David Keil (May 1, 1974)
Letter to the Steering Committee of the LTF from Bill Gottlieb and David Keil (May 1, 1974)
Letter to the Steering Committee of the LTF from David Keil and Bill Gottlieb (August 6, 1974)
Letter to David Keil and Bill Gottlieb from Mary-Alice Waters for the LTF Steering Committee (August 8, 1974)
Letter to David Keil and Bill Gottlieb from Jack Barnes (August 9, 1974)
“Motion on the USA,” adopted by the Central Committee of the Front Communiste Revolutionaire [France] (August 1974)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (November 27, 1974)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
“Rejoinder by the LTF" (November 13, 1974)
“How We Failed to Take Advantage of the Elections to Build the IMG and Prepare for the Coming Struggles – What We Must Do Now,” submitted by the Steering Committee of The Tendency to the November 2-3, 1974 meeting of the [IMG] National CommitteeTo Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (December 10, 1974)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
Report on the November 16-17 meeting of the United Secretariat, by Thérèse [Mary-Alice Waters] (December 9, 1974)
Letter to Ernest Mandel from Mary-Alice Waters (December 6, 1974)
Letter to Ernest Mandel from Joseph Hansen (December 9, 1974)
Letter to Ernest Mandel from Joseph Hansen (November 29, 1974)
“SWP-OCI Discussions: WV Exclusive,” from Workers Vanguard, publication of the Spartacist League [US] (November 22, 1974)
“Letter from OCI Leadership to International Affiliates of the Organizing Committee to Reconstruct the Fourth International,” (October 20, 1974), from Workers Vanguard (November 22, 1974)
Letter to Sakai [Japan] from Mary-Alice Waters (November 27, 1974)
Letter to Sakai from Caroline Lund (December 2, 1974)
Letter to Caroline Lund from Sakai (September 17, 1974)
Excerpt from October 17 letter to Caroline Lund from SakaiTo Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (December 11, 1974)
Corrections to December 10, 1974 mailing
To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (January 6, 1975)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
Minutes of the December 17, 1974 Meeting of the United Secretariat
Letter to Ernest Mandel and Charles Michaloux from Jack Barnes (January 2, 1975)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Jack Barnes (January 2, 1975)
Letter to Ernest Mandel from Mary-Alice Waters (January 3, 1975)
“On the OCI’s Proposal to Discuss Differences,” statement of the Political Bureau of the Socialist Workers Party [US] (January 2, 1975)
Letter to Joseph Hansen from Ernest Mandel (December 9, 1974)
Letter to Ernest Mandel from Joseph Hansen (December 22, 1974)
Letter to Pierre Lambert [OCI, France] from Joseph Hansen (December 22, 1974)
Letter to Charles Michaloux from Jack Barnes (January 2, 1975)
Letter to members of the International Control Commission from Mary-Alice Waters for the Socialist Workers Party [US] Political Committee (January 2, 1975)
Letter to Joseph Hansen from Ernest Mandel (December 1, 1974)
Letter to Ernest Mandel from Joseph Hansen (December 10, 1974)
Letter to the Political Committee of the League for Socialist Action/Ligue Socialiste Ouvriere [Canada] from the Political Committee of the Revolutionary Marxist Group [Canada] (October 31, 1974)
Letter to the Political Committee of the RMG from George Addison for the Political Committee of the LSA/LSO (November 24, 1974)
Letter to the Political Committee of the LSA/LSO from J. Mackenzie for the Political Committee of the RMG (November 29, 1974)
Letter to Jaber [Lebanon] from Gus Horowitz (December 27, 1974)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (January 18, 1975)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
“Trade Unionists Back Boston’s Racist Mobsters: Black People’s Defence Squads Needed,” article from the Red Weekly [publication of the International Marxist Group (UK)] (October 24, 1974)
“Boston: Why Demand Troops?,” letter by Gus Horowitz published in the Red Weekly (December 12, 1974)
“Self-Defense Against the Racists,” translation of article by B. Carapace from Rouge [publication of the Ligue Communiste Revolutionaire (France)] (November 29, 1974)
“Boston: The Meaning of the Struggle,” proposed article for Rouge by Caroline Lund (January 2, 1975)
“USA: National March Against Racism,” translation of article by Charles Michaloux from Rouge (January 5, 1975)
Letter to the Socialist Workers Party [US] from Leon [Belgian LTF supporter] (November 11, 1974)
Letter to the Socialist Workers Party [US] from Marcel [Belgian LTF supporter] (December 12, 1974)
Letter to Leon and Marcel from Mary-Alice Waters (January 13, 1975)
Introduction to article in Correspondance Internationale [international internal discussion bulletin of the Organizing Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International] (undated)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (February 27, 1975)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
Minutes of the International Executive Committee (January 27-30, 1975) [Note: the mailing incorrectly states that the meeting took place on February 27-30]To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (March 12, 1975)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
Statement of the International Majority Tendency (March 5, 1975)
“Plenum of the International Executive Committee of the Fourth International: The IEC and the New Stage of the International Discussion,” Report approved by the Political Committee of the Internationalist Tendency [US] (February 10, 1975)
Letter to Jack Barnes, Political Committee of the Socialist Workers Party [US] from Aubin [Charles Michaloux] for the IMT Bureau (February 18, 1975)
Letter to Aubin [Charles Michaloux] from Jack Barnes (February 24, 1975)
Letter to Barry Sheppard, Political Committee of the Socialist Workers Party [US] from John Barzman for the Political Committee of the Internationalist Tendency [US] (February 28, 1975)
Letter to Political Committee of the Internationalist Tendency [US] from Diane Rupp, Socialist Workers Party [US] National Office (February 29 [sic], 1975)
Letter to John Barzman from Diane Rupp, Socialist Workers Party [US] National Office (March 4, 1975)
Letter to John Barzman from Barry Sheppard (March 10, 1975)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Levi for the Political Bureau of the Revolutionaire Arbeiders Liga/Ligue Révolutionaire des Travailleurs [Belgium] (February 24, 1975)
Letter to the Political Bureau of the RAL/LRT from Joseph Hansen (March 1, 1975)
Motion passed by the Political Bureau of the RAL/LRT (February 20, 1975)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (March 20, 1975)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
Letter to Jack Barnes from Ernest Mandel (February 18, 1975)
Letter to International Executive Committee from Milt Zaslow for the Socialist Union of Los Angeles (January 8, 1975)
Letter to Ernest Mandel from Jack Barnes (February 24, 1975)
Draft letter to Milt Zaslow from Walter [Ernest Mandel] for the United Secretariat Bureau (undated)
Letter to Jack Barnes from Aubin [Charles Michaloux] (March 5, 1975)
Letter to Milt Zaslow from Aubin [Charles Michaloux] for the United Secretariat Bureau (March 5, 1975)
Letter to the Political Committee of the Internationalist Tendency [US] from Peter Gellert (February 15, 1975)
Letter to Peter Gellert from John Barzman for the Political Committeeof the Internationalist Tendency [US] (March 10, 1975)
Letter to Barry Sheppard from John Barzman for the Political Committee of the Internationalist Tendency [US] (March 10, 1975)
“Internationalist Tendency [US] Newsletter” (March 8, 1975)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (March 29, 1975)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
Report on the March 15-16, 1975 meeting of the United Secretariat, by Galois [Gus Horowitz] (March 21, 1975)
Letter to Gus Horowitz from George Fyson [New Zealand] (March 14, 1975) [the letter is apparently misdated 1974]
Letter to Political Committee, Revolutionary Marxist Group [Canada] from Phil Courneyeur for the Political Committee, League for Socialist Action/Ligue Socialiste Ouvriere [Canada] (March 7, 1975)
Letter to the Political Committee, LSA/LSO from Jackie for the RMG Political Committee (March 1975)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (May 20, 1975)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
Report on April 19-20, 1975 United Secretariat meeting, by Johnson [John Benson] (May 16, 1975)
Report on the National Conference of the Gruppe Internationale Marxisten [Germany], by Johnson [John Benson] (May 15, 1975)
Letter to the National Committee of the Socialist Workers Party [US] from the Internationalist Tendency (New Faction) [US] (May 4, 1975)
Letter to Barry Sheppard from John Barzman for the Coordinating Committee of the Internationalist Tendency (New Faction) [US] (May 15, 1975)
List of members of the Internationalist Tendency (New Faction) [US] (May 15, 1975)
Letter to John Barzman from Barry Sheppard (May 19, 1975)
Letter to the Political Committee of the Internationalist Tendency [US] from the Enlarged Bureau of the IMT (March 19, 1975)
Letter to Bill Massey from Pierre Frank (February 8, 1975)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (June 17, 1975)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
Letter to Joseph Hansen from Ernest Mandel, Pierre Frank and Livio Maitan (June 5, 1975)
Letter to Ernest Mandel, Pierre Frank and Livio Maitan from Joseph Hansen (June 11, 1975)
“Statement of the IMT Enlarged Bureau on the Results of the Conference of the IT and the Plenum of the SWP National Committee” (May 31, 1975)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Bill Massey (April 29, 1975)
Letter to Joseph Hansen from Pierre Lambert for the Political Bureau of the Organisation Communiste Internationaliste [France] (undated)
Letter to Pierre Lambert from Joseph Hansen (June 5, 1975)
Report on the National Conference of the International Marxist Group [Britain], by Johnson [John Benson] (May 22, 1975)
Letter to Mary-Alice Waters from Derek Jeffers (May 23, 1975)
“What Critical Support in Elections Means and How it is Applied in Practice,” by Siegfried Kreischer [LTF supporter], from Rundbrief No. 17, internal bulletin of the Gruppe Internationale Marxisten [Germany] (February 28, 1975)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (July 21, 1975)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
“The Key Issues in the Portuguese Revolution (First Draft)"
Letter to Hugo [Nahuel Moreno] from Joseph Hansen (July 4, 1975)
Introduction to "The Republica Affair,” from Red Weekly [publication of the International Marxist Group (Britain)] (June 12, 1975)
“The Republica Affair,” by Daniel Bensaïd, from Red Weekly (June 12, 1975)
“For the Generalization of Workers Councils,” from Inprecorr No. 30 (July 3, 1975)
“Forward to the Building and Generalization of Workers Councils! Create and Unify Armed Self-Defense Pickets in the Unions, Neighborhoods and Factories!,” statement of the Liga Comunista Internacionalista [Portugal], from Inprecorr No. 30 (July 3, 1975)
Suggested list of writings by Leon TrotskyTo Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (July 31, 1975)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
Letter to the Executive Committee of the Socialist Workers Party [US] from Alain Krivine for the Political Bureau, Ligue Communiste Revolutionaire [France] (June 29, 1975)
Letter to the Executive Committee of the Socialist Workers Party [US] from the Central Committee of the LCR (June 29, 1975)
Letter to the Central Committee of the LCR from Mary-Alice Waters for the Political Committee of the Socialist Workers Party [US] (July 28, 1975)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (October 2, 1975)
Cover letter by Ed Shaw
“The Key Issues in the Portuguese Revolution,” passed unanimously by the Steering Committee of the LTF (August 30, 1975)
“The Portuguese Revolution and the New Problems That Face the Fourth International,” passed unanimously by the Steering Committee of the LTF (August 31, 1974)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (October 5, 1975)
Letter from Ed Shaw
To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (November 1, 1975)
Cover letter by John Benson
Motion passed at the October 4-5 meeting of the United Secretariat
Motion passed at the October 4-5 meeting of the United Secretariat
IMT Steering Committee statement (October 10, 1975)
“Concerning the Activities of Comrades Aubin [Charles Michaloux] and Duret [Charles André Udry], members of the United Secretariat, in Portugal,” statement of the Central Committee of the Liga Comunista Internationalista [Portugal] sent to all sections and sympathizing groups of the Fourth International (October 31, 1975)
Letter to Jack Barnes from Pierre Lambert for the Central Committee of the OCI [France] (September 23, 1975)
Letter to Jack Barnes from Pierre Lambert (September 23, 1975)
Letter to Pierre Lambert from Jack Barnes for the Political Committee of the Socialist Workers Party [US] (October 9, 1975)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (December 19, 1975)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
Letter to the Steering Committee of the LTF from Mary-Alice Waters for the Coordinating Committee of the LTF (November 28, 1975)
“To the Comrades of the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction,” by the Political Bureau of the Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores [Argentina] (November 5, 1975)
Letter to the Political Bureau of the PST from Joseph Hansen (November 25, 1975)
Report on the November 23-24, 1975 meeting of the United Secretariat, by Galois [Gus Horowitz] (December 3, 1975)
Motions adopted by the November 23-24, 1975 meeting of the United Secretariat
Letter to Ernest Mandel from Mary-Alice Waters (December 16, 1975)
Letter to the Political Committee of the LSA/LSO [Canada] from Walter [Ernest Mandel] for the United Secretariat Bureau (December 12, 1975)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Art Young for the Political Committee of the LSA/LSO (December 18, 1975)
Report on the October 4-5, 1975 meeting of the United Secretariat, by Galois [Gus Horowitz] (November 12, 1975)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (January 14, 1976)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
Platform documents of the Leninist-Trotskyist FactionTo the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (January 15, 1976)
Cover Letter from John Benson
A letter to the LTF Steering Committee from Mary-Alice Waters on the results of the poll of $teering Committee members on the document "Key Issues in the Portuguese Revolution.
A report by Stateman on the December 22-23, 1975, meeting of the United Secretariat
Correspondence between the Socialist Workers Party, the Ligue Communiste Revolutionaire, Lutte Ouvriere, and the Workers Socialist League concerning the establishment of an international commission to investigate the charges against Michel Varga by the OCI leadership, and the reported use of violence within the workers movement by the OCI
National Committee members have already received this correspondence as an attachment to Political Committee Minutes Number 15, January 9, 1976
A letter from several members of the IMT to Joe Hansen in response to Healy's attacks on Joe.To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (February 4, 1976)
Cover letter by John Benson
Letter to the United Secretariat from Art Young [Canada] (January 20, 1976)
Letter to the LTF from the Central Leadership of the Partido Revolucionário dos Trabalhadores [Portugal] (November 30, 1975)
“Resolution of the Plenum of Cell Leaderships of the PRT on the LTF Document” (November 2, 1975)
Letter to the leadership and membership of the PRT from Paulo (December 8, 1975)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (March 11, 1976)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
“Letter From Former LTF Members to the International Executive Committee” (February 1976)
“The Party’s International Tasks,” draft resolution approved by the Political Committee of the Liga Operaria [Brazil] (February 1976)
“Resolution of the Liga Socialista [Venezuela] Central Committee” (December 21, 1975)
Letter to the Socialist Workers Party from Spark [US] (December 15, 1975)
“Rebuilding the Fourth International,” statement of Spark [US], Lutte Ouvriere [France], Combat Ouvrier [Antilles] and the African Union of Internationalist Communist Workers [Africa], published in Class Struggle #32 (November 1975)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Lutte Ouvriere [France] (February 16, 1976)
“Putting an End to the Crumbling of the Fourth International,” statement of Spark [US], Lutte Ouvriere [France], Combat Ouvrier [Antilles] and the African Union of Internationalist Communist Workers [Africa] (January 21, 1976)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (March 30, 1976)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
Letter to the European Contributing Editors of Intercontinental Press from Joseph Hansen (March 7, 1976)
Letter to United Secretariat from Joseph Hansen (March 12, 1976)
Letter to Joseph Hansen from Pierre Frank, Livio Maitan and Ernest Mandel (March 16, 1976)
Letter to the United Secretariat from the Political Committee of the Liga Operaria [Brazil] (March 1, 1976)
Letter to the International Steering Committee of the LTF from Sara, Virginia, Rodrigo, Laura, Patricia, Andrés, Ernesto and Carlos Garabito, Organization Socialista de los Trabajadores [Costa Rica] (undated)
Letter to Hugo [Nahuel Moreno] from Sara, Rodrigo and Virginia [Costa Rica] (March 11, 1976)
Letter to the Socialist Workers Party [US] National Office from Colleen Levis [Canada] (March 11, 1976)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Khaldoun for the Political Bureau of the Groupe Marxist Revolutionaire [Quebec] (February 3, 1976)
Letter to the Political Committee of the League for Socialist Action/Ligue Socialiste Ouvriere [Canada] by François Cyr for the Political Bureau of the GMR (March 1, 1976)
Excerpt from the minutes of the Political Committee of the International Marxist Group [Britain] (February 19, 1976)
Letter to Ernest Mandel from Michel Pablo (February 11, 1976)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (April 21, 1976)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
Statement by former members of the Partido Revolucionário dos Trabalhadores [Portugal] (March 26, 1976)
Report on the March 13-14, 1976 meeting of the United Secretariat, by Johnson [John Benson] (undated)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Lutte Ouvrière [France] (February 10, 1976)
Letter to Lutte Ouvrière from the United Secretariat (March 6, 1976)
Motion by Galois [Gus Horowitz] re: letter to Lutte Ouvrière (undated)
Motion by Galois [Gus Horowitz] re: International Internal Discussion Bulletin (undated)
Motion by Walter [Ernest Mandel] re: International Internal Discussion Bulletin (undated)
Proposal by Walter [Ernest Mandel] re: division of space in the International Internal Discussion Bulletin (undated)
“The Facts on the Split in the Liga Socialista [Mexico],” by Ricardo Hernandez, proposed article for Intercontinental Press (undated)
Letter to Ernest Mandel from Joseph Hansen (March 17, 1976)
Report on Mexico to the Socialist Workers Party [US] Political Committee, by Barry Sheppard (April 16, 1976)
“Another Attack by the Tendencia Militante: Assault Against the Liga Socialista (FBL),” statement of the Liga Socialista (Fraccióm Bolchevique-Leninista) (undated)
“Statement of the Leadership of the Liga Socialista” (April 8, 1976)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Jack Barnes for the Socialist Workers Party [US] Political Committee (April 11, 1976)
Statement of the Political Committee of the Socialist Workers Party, John Barzman and Joseph Hansen (April 9, 1976)
Excerpt from Socialist Workers Party [US] Political Committee minutes (April 5, 1976)
Excerpt from Socialist Workers Party [US] Political Committee minutes (April 9, 1976)
Statement by John Barzman
Press release by former members of the Socialist Workers Party [US] and Internationalist Tendency [US] (April 3, 1976)
Press release by Hedda Garza and Ernest Laine (April 6, 1976)
Press release by Jack Barnes for the Political Committee of the Socialist Workers Party and Ernest Mandel for the United Secretariat of the Fourth International (April 6, 1976)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (April 27, 1976)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
Letter to Joseph Hansen from Ernest Mandel (April 17, 1976)To [SWP] Organizers Who Are Members of the LTF (May 18, 1976)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
“The Present Crisis of the Fourth International and the Tasks of the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction,” by Carmen, Melan, Raul & Roberto, Liga Comunista [Spain] (August 20, 1975)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (May 21, 1976)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
Letter to the LTF from Siegfried Kreischer [German LTF supporter] (May 3, 1976)
“Why We Favor the Tactic of Critical Support for the SPD in the Coming Federal Elections,” by Siegfried [Kreischer] and Urs (April 4, 1976)
“The Current Situation in the GIM: Platform of the Leninist-Trotskyist Tendency," from Rundbrief No. 30, internal bulletin of the Gruppe Internationale Marxisten [ West Germany] (December 28, 1975)
Letter to the Political Office, Central Committee and National Committee of the Gruppi Comunisti Rivoluzionari [Italy] from Lucio, Sebastiano and Titti [Italian LTF supporters]
Report on the February, 1976 convention of the Revolutionaere Socialisters Forbund [Denmark], by Johnson [John Benson] (undated)
Letter to Mary-Alice Waters from Hugo Blanco (April 29, 1976)
Letter to Joseph Hansen from Ernest Mandel (April 17, 1976)
Letter to Ernest Mandel from Joseph Hansen (May 17, 1976)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (June 3, 1976)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
List of suggested readingsTo Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (June 9, 1976)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
Report on the April 24-25 meeting of the United Secretariat, by Johnson [John Benson] (undated)
Summary of report to the United Secretariat on Argentina by a representative of the Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores [Argentina]
Motion on Argentina Solidarity Campaign
Motion by Walter [Ernest Mandel] on Intercontinental Press and Mexico
Statement by John Barzman
Statement by Ernest Mandel
Statement by Jack Barnes, Joseph Hansen, Mary-Alice Waters and George Novack
Motion by Duret [Charles André Udry]
Statement by Claudio [Livio Maitan] and Fourier [Pierre Frank] on Duret [Charles André Udry] motion
Letter to the leadership of the Organization Communiste Internationaliste [France] from Gerard Filoche for the editors of Rouge (April 6, 1976)
Letter to Gerard Filoche from Claude Chisserey for the Political Bureau of the OCI (April 12, 1976)
Editorial note from Information Ouvrières No. 751 (May 12-19, 1976)
Letter to the OCI from Gerard Filoche for the editors of Rouge (April 22, 1976), from Information Ouvrières No. 751 (May 12-19, 1976)
Letter to the editors of Rouge from Claude Chisserey for the Political Bureau of the OCI (April 28, 1976), from Information Ouvrières No. 751 (May 12-19, 1976)
Letter to the OCI from Gerard Filoche for the editors of Rouge (May 3, 1976), from Information Ouvrières No. 751 (May 12-19, 1976)
Editorial note by Alain Krivine, from Rouge No. 54
“Open Forum” column by Claude Chisserey, from Rouge No. 54
Excerpt from a letter by Elizabeth [French LTF member] on the French student strike (May 15, 1976)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (July 13, 1976)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
Report on the May 22-23 meeting of the United Secretariat, by Johnson [John Benson] (undated)
“Report of the commission established by the February 1976 meeting of the International Executive Committee to observe the implementation of the motion, ‘Concerning Unification of the Mexican Trotskyists,’ adopted by the February 1976 IEC meeting,” by Greco, Stateman [Barry Sheppard] and Riel [Jean-Pierre Beauvais] (May 14, 1976)
“Declaration of the Political Committee of the Liga Socialista [Mexico],” by Ricardo Hernandez (undated)
“Attachment to the report of the IEC Commission, ” by Roberto Torres for the Political Committee of the Liga Socialista (Fracción Bolchevique-Leninista) [Mexico] (May 14, 1976)
Statement by Greco and Riel [Jean-Pierre Beauvais] (May 14, 1976)
Statement by Stateman [Barry Sheppard] (May 14, 1976)
“A Physical Assault on the Members of the FBL,” from El Socialista [FBL] (February 1-15, 1976)
“Otra Vez los Mismos Métodos: Siguen las Agresiones de la TM,” by Pedro José, from Clave No. 39 (March 1-15, 1976)
“Un Ataque Mas de la TM: Agresión Contra la Liga Socialista (FBL),” from Clave No. 41 (April 1-15,1976)
Hacia la Sección Mexicana: Declaracion de la Conferencia de Unificacion del GCI y Rojo Sobre la Construccion de la Seccion Mexicana de la IV Internacional, from Bandera Roja No. 37 (No. 1 after unification) (May 1976)
“Statement of the Liga Socialista,” from El Socialista No. 41 (April 1-15, 1976)
Motion on Portugal by Aubin [Charles Michaloux] (undated)
Motion on Portugal by Galois [Gus Horowitz] (undated)
Motion on Spain by Duret [Charles André Udry] (undated)
Motion on Spain by Galois [Gus Horowitz] (undated)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Joseph Hansen (May 20, 1976)
Motion on Mexico by Jones [John Ross] (undated)
Motion on Mexico by Galois [Gus Horowitz] (undated)
Motion on Mexico by Georges (undated)
Motion on India by Claudio [Livio Maitan] (undated)
Motion on organization of the pre-World Congress discussion (undated)
Letter to the Bureau of the United Secretariat from Alain Krivine for the Secretariat of the Political Bureau of the Ligue Communiste Revolutionaire [France] (April 8, 1976)
“Motion on the Election of Comrade Nemo [Christian Phéline] to the IEC,” adopted by the Central Committee of the LCR [France] (April 3-4, 1976)
Statement by Nemo [Christian Phéline] (April 10, 1976)
Statement by Julia (undated)
Letter to Joseph Hansen from Walter [Ernest Mandel] for the United Secretariat (May 26, 1976)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Joseph Hansen (June 14, 1976)
Letter to Gus Horowitz from Mikado [Michel Warshavsky] (May 16, 1976)
Letter to Mikado [Michel Warshavsky] from Gus Horowitz (June 16, 1976)"Continuity and Discontinuity of ‘Lambertism’ – A Contribution to the History of Degeneration
(Note: This document is not part of a formal LTF Mailing, but was distributed widely at the August 1976 convention of the Socialist Workers Party [US]. It is included here as it touches on some of the issues brought up in LTF Mailings)
“Continuity and Discontinuity of ‘Lambertism’ – A Contribution to the History of Degeneration,” by Michel Lequenne, from Revue de Critique Communiste, theoretical journal of the Ligue Communiste Revolutionaire [France] (May-June 1976)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (September 22, 1976)
Cover letter by John Benson
Report on the July 3-4 meeting of the United Secretariat, by Johnson [John Benson] (undated)
“Initial Guidelines for the Pre-World Congress Discussion,” adopted unanimously by the July 3-4 meeting of the United Secretariat
Letter to the United Secretariat from Barry Sheppard for the Socialist Workers Party [US] (June 31, 1976)
Letter to Lutte Ouvrière [France], the Organizing Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International, Combat Ouvrier [Antilles], Spark [US], Workers Socialist League [Britain], Communist Internationalist League [Greece], Bloque Socialista [Colombia], Union Socialista Revolutionaria [Colombia], LEARM [Argentina] from Barry Sheppard for the Socialist Workers Party [US] (June 28, 1976)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Lutte Ouvriere [France] (May 15, 1976)
Letter to Lutte Ouvrière, Combat Ouvrier, Spark and the Union Africaine des Travailleurs Communistes Internationalistes from the United Secretariat (undated)
Motion by Galois [Gus Horowitz] on the Portuguese elections (undated)
Motion by Jones [John Ross] on the Portuguese elections (undated)
Statement by Claudio [Livio Maitan], Duret [Charles André Udry], Fourier [Pierre Frank], Georges, Jones [John Ross], Rudi [Rodolphe Prager], Walter [Ernest Mandel] and Werner [Fritz Belleville] on the Portuguese elections (undated)
Motion by Galois [Gus Horowitz] on the Mexican elections (undated)
Statement by Claudio [Livio Maitan], Fourier [Pierre Frank], Georges, Rudi [Rodolphe Prager], Walter [Ernest Mandel] and Werner [Fritz Belleville] on the Mexican elections (undated)
Letter to Ricardo [Hernandez], Liga Socialista (Tendencia Militante) [Mexico] from Walter [Ernest Mandel] for the United Secretariat (July 19, 1976)
Report on the convention of the Communist League [India], by Betsey Stone (undated)
Letter to "two comrades in Canada” from the Liga Operaria [Brazil] (May 10, 1976)
Letter to the Liga Operaria from "two comrades in Canada” (July 25, 1976)
Letter from the Liga Operaria to the leadership of the Fourth International (June 10, 1976)
Letter to former members of the Partido Revolucionário dos Trabalhadores [Portugal] from the Central Leadership of the PRT (April 30, 1976)
Letter to the Liga Comunista Internacionalista [Portugal] from former members of the PRT (August 3, 1976)
Letter to the Socialist Workers Party [US] from a member of the Partido Socialista Revolucionaria [Chile] (June 19, 1976)
Motion by Walter [Ernest Mandel] passed by the August 3, 1976 meeting of the United Secretariat
Motion by Jones [John Ross] defeated by the August 3, 1976 meeting of the United Secretariat
Motion by Adair [Alan Harris] defeated by the August 3, 1976 meeting of the United SecretariatTo Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators [#1] (December 11, 1976)
(Note: Starting with this mailing, LTF mailings were numbered)
Cover letter from Caroline Lund
“Motion on Preparation for a Democratic World Congress,” adopted unanimously by the October, 1976 meeting of the United Secretariat
Letter to the United Secretariat from Jack Barnes, Joseph Hansen, Barry Sheppard and Mary-Alice Waters (December 8, 1976)
Letter to the Organizing Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International from the United Secretariat (November 14, 1976)
Statement of the OCRFI (undated)
Preface to La Correspondance Internationale No. 1 (October, 1976)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators [#2]
(Note: This mailing is unavailable at this time)
To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators [#3] (January 5, 1977)
Cover letter by Natalie Bombaro
List of suggested readings (January, 1977)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators [#4] (January 31, 1977)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
Letter to Dave Frankel from Mikado [Michel Warshavsky] (December 13, 1976)
Letter to Mikado [Michel Warshavsky] from Dave Frankel (January 19, 1977)
Letter to the Political Committee of the Socialist Workers Party US] from Galois [Gus Horowitz] for the Bureau of the United Secretariat (December 23, 1976)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Robs for the Political Bureau of the Ligue Communiste Revolutionaire [France] (December 10, 1976)
Letter to the Political Bureau of the Ligue Communiste Revolutionaire [France] from Galois [Gus Horowitz] for the Bureau of the United Secretariat (December 22, 1976)
Letter to Joseph Hansen from Otto for the Bureau of the United Secretariat (November 17, 1976)
Letter to John Benson from Otto for the Bureau of the United Secretariat (November 17, 1976)
Motion by Walter [Ernest Mandel], adopted by the November 13-14, 1976 meeting of the United Secretariat
Correction printed in Intercontinental Press (December 6, 1976)
Letter to IMT members of the United Secretariat from John Benson for the LTF Coordinating Committee (December 26, 1976)
Letter to Gord Cleveland, Revolutionary Marxist Group [Canada] from Art Young for the League for Socialist Action/Ligue Socialiste Ouvriere [Canada] (November 13, 1976)
“Proposed Joint Public Statement of the RMG and LSA/LSO” (undated)
Letter to the League for Socialist Action/Ligue Socialiste Ouvriere [Canada] from Abie Weisfeld for the Socialist League [Canada] (October 26, 1976)
Letter to the Socialist League from Art Young for the League for Socialist Action/Ligue Socialiste Ouvriere [Canada] (November 23, 1976)
Letter to the League for Socialist Action/Ligue Socialiste Ouvriere [Canada] from Abie Weisfeld for the Socialist League [Canada] (January 6, 1977)
“Report on Fusion of Tendency C and Tendency A in the French LCR,” by Elizabeth [French LTF supporter] (undated)
Letter to the Political Committee of the Bloque Socialista [Colombia] from Sonia C., Janeth M., Eduardo M., Gonzalo P., Orlando Q., Julio Mario R., Guillermo B., Janeth H., Ledi M., Juan P., Adalberto R., Ismael S., Manuel T., members of the Grupo Marxista Internationalista [Colombia] (December 18, 1976)
Letter to John McCarthy from the IMT Steering Committee (December 15, 1976)
Cover of Socialist Workers Party [Australia] Discussion Bulletin, Vol. 4, No. 4 (January, 1977)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Jim Percy (November 26, 1976)
Letter to members, candidate members and official sympathizers of the Communist League [Australia] from the Political Committee of the Communist League [Australia] (November 27, 1976)
“Statement of the Political Committe of the Communist League [Australia],” from Militant [Australia] No. 66 (December, 1976)
Letter to the Communist League from Jim Percy for the Political Committee of the Socialist Workers Party [Australia] (December 16, 1976)
Letter to the Political Committee of the Socialist Workers Party [Australia] from Sakai (December 29, 1976)
Letter to the Political Committee of the Communist League [Australia] from Jim Percy (January 10, 1977)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Jim Percy (January 10, 1977)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators [#5] (March 12, 1977)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
Letter to the United Secretariat from Ricardo [Hernandez] (January, 1977)
Report on the February, 1976 meeting of the International Executive Committee, by Mogens Pedersen, from Serie 11, No. 1 of the internal bulletin of the Revolutionaere Socialisters Forbund [Denmark] (September 17, 1976)
Statement by Torben Kristensen, from Serie 11, No. 1 of the internal bulletin of the Revolutionaere Socialisters Forbund [Denmark] (undated)
Letter to Petisa from Greco (January 3, 1976)
Letter to the Political Committee of the Japan Revolutionary Communist League from Jim Percy for the Socialist Workers Party [Australia] (February 8, 1977)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Jim Percy for the Socialist Workers Party [Australia] (February 8, 1977)
Resolutions of the Bolshevik Tendency, from the internal bulletin of the Partido Revolucionário dos Trabalhadores [Portugal] (undated)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (March 22, 1977)
Cover letter by Natalie Bombaro
“Payments to the LTF from Branches – January 10 through March 16, 1977"To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators [#6] (March 29, 1977)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
Letter to the LTF from Barry Sheppard (03-28-1977)
Letter of resignation from the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction, by Roberto, Liga Comunista [Spain] (January 1, 1977)
“Declaration 1,” by 38 members of the Central Committee of the Liga Cominista [Spain] (undated)
“Declaration 2,” by 29 members of the Central Committee of the Liga Comunista [Spain] (undated)
Cover of Issue 1 of the Joint Internal Information Bulletin, published by the League for Socialist Action/Ligue Socialiste Ouvriere [Canada] and the Revolutionary Marxist Group [Canada] (March 1977)To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators [#7] (May 3, 1977)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
Report on Central American Trotskyist Conference, by Roberto Torres (March 17, 1977)
Statement by Alfonso Ríos on Riel [Jean-Pierre Beauvais] residing in Mexico (March 16, 1977)
Report on the Congress of the Partido Revolutcionario de los Trabajadores [Costa Rica] by Roberto [Torres] and Rodrigo (March 17, 1977)
Letter to the Groupe Socialiste des Travaillleurs du Québec from the Political Bureau of the Groupe Marxiste Revolutionaire [Québec] (April 5, 1977)
To Members of the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Steering Committee (June 22, 1977)
Letter from John Benson
To Members of the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Steering Committee (July 8, 1977)
Letter from Barry Sheppard
To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (July 8, 1977)
(Note: Several of the items mentioned in the cover letter by Caroline Lund are missing)
Cover letter by Caroline Lund
“’Combate’. . .But Not Against Reformism,” by Nahuel Moreno, from Revista de América (April 1977)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Nahuel Moreno (February 1, 1977)
Letter to Nahuel Moreno from the Bureau of the United Secretariat (April 1, 1977)
Letter to Nahuel Moreno from Ernest Mandel (March 30, 1977)
Motion adopted at the March 22-24, 1977 meeting of the United Secretariat
Report on the April 30-May 2, 1977 meeting of the LTF Steering Committee, by Barry Sheppard [missing]
Letter to Mercedes, Workers Tendency of the Liga Comunista Revolucionario [Spain] from Peter Camejo (April 26, 1977)
“Democracy or Bonapartism in Europe?” by Pierre Frank, from Workers International News (June-July, 1946)
“Problems of the Italian Revolution,” by Leon Trotsky (May 14, 1930), from Writings of Leon Trotsky: 1930, Pathfinder Press, New York
(1975)
“The Revolution in Spain,” by Leon Trotsky (January 24, 1931), from The Spanish Revolution 1931-39, Pathfinder Press, New York (1973)
Statements by Leon Trotsky on the demand for a republic
Letter to the United Secretariat from Manifiesto Orbrero [Argentina], Liga Comunista [Argentina], Liga Socialista Revolucionaria [Argentina], Organizacion Cominista [Argentina] (March 19, 1977)
“Statement on the Slanders Circulated by the Healy Group Against Hansen, Novack and the Socialist Workers Party” (undated)
Letter to Ken Coates, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, from Michael Banda for the Workers Revolutionary Party [UK] (April 2, 1977)
Letter to Joseph Hansen from Ken Coates (April 8, 1977)
Letter to Ken Coates from Joseph Hansen (May 8, 1977)
Letter to Joseph Hansen and George Novack from Alan Jones (April 6, 1977)
Letter to Alan Jones from Joseph Hansen (April 22, 1977)
Letter to the leadership of the Socialist Workers Party [US] from the Bureau of the International Secretariat of the International Revolutionary Marxist Tendency (January 10, 1977)
Letter to the Bureau of the International Secretariat of the International Revolutionary Marxist Tendency from Barry Sheppard for the Socialist Workers Party (March 15, 1977)
Letter from John Benson concerning the next meeting of the LTF Steering Committee [missing]
Letter to the Secretariat of the Bolshevik Tendency from the United Secretariat (December 21, 1976)
Letter to Capa [Nahuel Moreno] from the United Secretariat (December 21, 1976)
Letter to the Editorial Board of Revista de América from the United Secretariat (December 21, 1976)
Letter to the Executive Committee of the Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores [Argentina] from the United Secretariat (December 21, 1976)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Marcela for the Executive Committee of the Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores [Argentina] (January 27, 1977)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Capa [Nahuel Moreno] (January 27, 1977)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Marcela, Camilo and Eduardo for the Leadership of the Bolshevik Tendency (January 27, 1977)
Letter to the United Secretariat from the Leadership of the Bolshevik Tendency (January 27, 1977)
Letter to the United Secretariat from Capa [Nahuel Moreno] (February 2, 1977)To Members of the Leninist-Trotskyist Faction (August 22, 1977)
Letter from Gus Horowitz
To Leninist-Trotskyist Faction Coordinators (September 6, 1977)
Letter from Gus Horowitz