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Committee for a Workers' International
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Emblem
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Map of sections by country
Abbreviation
CWI
Motto
"Struggle, solidarity, socialism"
Formation
21 April 1974
Type
Association of Trotskyist political parties
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
46 sections
Main organ
World congress
Website
socialistworld.net
The Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) is an international
association of Trotskyist political parties. In all the CWI has sections
in over 45 countries worldwide and is represented on every continent.[1]
Not all sections represent a sovereign state, for example, the Irish
section covers both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, whilst
in Canada there is a separate section for Quebec. The international also
includes smaller affiliate groups, which are not regarded as full sections.
Contents [hide]
1 History 1.1 Founding
1.2 End of entryism
1.3 New mass workers' parties
2 Structure
3 Sections
4 Associated organisations
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
History[edit]
Original "Banner" emblem of the CWI
Founding[edit]
The founding conference of the CWI was held in London on 20 to 21 April
1974 and attended by supporters of what was then called the Militant
tendency, from 12 countries including Britain, Ireland and Sweden.[2][3]
In the early years of the international, sections generally pursued a
policy of entryism into social democratic or labour parties. As such,
the CWI was originally secretive because to organise openly risked the
expulsion of its sections from the parties in which they were working.
End of entryism[edit]
The CWI largely ended its strategy of entryism in the early 1990s. The
international developed an analysis that many social democratic parties
had fundamentally changed in nature and become outright capitalist
parties. This was strongly resisted by Ted Grant, one of Militant's
founders. After a lengthy debate and special conference in 1991
confirmed overwhelmingly the position of the CWI in the England and
Wales section, Grant and his supporters sought official faction status
within the organisation, which was granted for some time, but later was
revoked by the leadership.[4] The revocation of faction status thus
expelled Ted Grant and his supporters, who went on to form the
International Marxist Tendency.
Since their Open Turn CWI sections have, in a number of countries, stood
candidates under their own name. The CWI has elected members of regional
legislatures or local councils in Sweden, Germany, Australia, the
Netherlands (members of the Dutch Socialist Party), Pakistan, Sri Lanka,
Ireland (where they have 3 TDs in Dáil Éireann) and in the former Soviet
Union. In the 2005 Sri Lankan presidential elections the CWI affiliate,
the United Socialist Party, came third (with 0.4%).[5]
Supporters of the CWI launched a youth organisation, International
Socialist Resistance, in 2001.[6]
New mass workers' parties[edit]
CWI members played a leading role in founding the Scottish Socialist
Party. However the SSP broke with the CWI in 1999, with a minority of
members loyal to the CWI establishing the International Socialists. When
Tommy Sheridan resigned from the SSP in 2006 and established a new party
in Scotland, Solidarity, the International Socialists joined in
conjunction with the Socialist Workers Party.
CWI members stood as National Conscience Party candidates in the 2003
Nigerian legislative elections, winning 0.51% of the national vote. In
Germany CWI members have been active in the new WASG since its
foundation in 2004 and in December 2005 were elected part of the new
leadership of its Berlin district that ran candidates on a clear
anti-cuts programme in the 2006 Berlin regional election, gaining 3.1%
and several borough council seats, but the Berlin WASG later merged into
Die Linke. In Brazil CWI members helped found the P-SOL Socialism and
Liberty Party after left wing parliamentarians were expelled from the PT.
In the 2011 Irish general election the CWI's Irish affiliate, the
Socialist Party won two seats in the Dáil as a part of the wider left
group, the United Left Alliance which won five seats in total in Dáil
Éireann.[7] However, one of the elected members of the Socialist Party
has since left the party to continue as an independent.[8] In the
by-election in Dublin West in 2014, the Socialist Party gained a second
seat in the Dáil again, and a third seat in the 2014 Dublin South-West
by-election as part of the Anti-Austerity Alliance.
Structure[edit]
[9][10][11]
World Congress
Deliberative organ International Executive Committee
Executive organ International Secretariat
Administrative organ
Held every 3 to 5 years;
Attended by delegates from the CWI's national sections;
Responsible for establishing the international's programme and policies;
Grants recognition of new sympathising sections;
Elects the International Executive Committee.
Composed of members from across the CWI elected at the world congress;
Responsible for the CWI's policies in between congresses;
Elects the International Secretariat.
Conducts the day-to-day work of the CWI;
Responsible for carrying out the directives of the IEC, to which it is
accountable;
Prepares documents and reports for review and approval at IEC meetings.
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Sections is the name given to political parties that are members of the CWI.
Section
Name
English Translation
Australia Socialist Party
Austria Sozialistische LinksPartei Socialist Left Party
Belgium Linkse Socialistische Partij / Parti Socialiste de Lutte Left
Socialist Party / Socialist Party of Struggle
Brazil Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução Freedom, Socialism and
Revolution
Canada Socialist Alternative
Chile Socialismo Revolucionario Revolutionary Socialism
China 中国劳工论坛 China Worker
Costa Rica Alternativa Socialista Socialist Alternative
Cyprus Northern Cyprus Cyprus Νέα Διεθνιστική Αριστερά / Yeni
Enternasyonalist Sol
Nea Diethnistike Aristera
New Internationalist Left
Czech Republic Socialistická alternativa Budoucnost Socialist
Alternative Future
England and Wales Socialist Party
Finland Sosialistinen Vaihtoehto Socialist Alternative
France Gauche révolutionnaire Revolutionary Left
Germany Sozialistische Alternative Socialist Alternative
Greece Ξεκίνημα
Xekinima
Start
Hong Kong 社會主義行動
Sekuizyuji Haangdung
Socialist Action
India New Socialist Alternative
Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Ireland Socialist Party / Páirtí
Sóisialach
Israel and Palestine حركة النضال الاشتراكي / מאבק סוציאליסטי
Ma'avak Sotzialisti / Harakah al-Nidal al-Ashteraki
Socialist Struggle
Italy Controcorrente Countercurrent
Ivory Coast CIO-CI
Japan 国際連帯
Kokusai Rentai
International Solidarity
Azad Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir CWI Kashmir
Kazakhstan Социалистическое Сопротивление Казахстана
Socialističeskoe Soprotivlenie Kazahstana
Socialist Resistance of Kazakhstan
Lebanon اللجنة لأممية العمال - لبنان
al-Lajnah Lammyah al-Amal – Lubnan
CWI Lebanon
Malaysia Sosialis Alternatif Socialist Alternative
Netherlands Socialistisch Alternatief Socialist Alternative
New Zealand Socialist Voice
Nigeria Democratic Socialist Movement
Pakistan Socialist Movement Pakistan
Poland Alternatywa Socjalistyczna Socialist Alternative
Portugal Socialismo Revolucionário Revolutionary Socialism
Quebec Quebec Alternative socialiste Socialist Alternative
Russia Российская секция КРИ
Rossijskaâ sekciâ KRI
Russian Section of the CWI
Scotland Socialist Party Scotland
South Africa Democratic Socialist Movement
Spain Socialismo Revolucionario Revolutionary Socialism
Sri Lanka එක්සත් සමාජවාදි පකෂය / ஐக்கிய சோசலிச கட்சி
Eksath Samajavadi Pakshaya / Aikkiy Cōcalic Kaṭci
United Socialist Party
Sweden Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna Socialist Justice Party
Taiwan CWI Taiwan
Tunisia اللجنة لأممية العمال - تونس
al-Lajnah Lammyah al-Amal – Tunis
CWI Tunisia
Turkey Sosyalist Alternatif Socialist Alternative
United States Socialist Alternative
Venezuela Socialismo Revolucionario Revolutionary Socialism
Associated organisations[edit]
International Socialist Resistance
Youth against Racism in Europe
See also[edit]
List of Trotskyist internationals
Revolutionary socialism
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Contact us, join the CWI!. socialistworld.net. Retrieved 17
July 2014
2.Jump up ^ Taaffe, P. 2004. A Socialist World is Possible. CWI
Publications & Socialist Books, p.67
3.Jump up ^ Taaffe, P. 2004. A Socialist World is Possible. CWI
Publications & Socialist Books, p.52
4.Jump up ^ The 'Open Turn' debate. marxist.net. Retrieved 17 July 2014
5.Jump up ^ United Socialist Party (CWI) comes third in presidential
election. socialistworld.net. Retrieved 17 August 2007
6.Jump up ^ 500+ at Brussels ISR conference. socialistworld.net.
Retrieved 17 july 2014
7.Jump up ^ Elections Ireland: 31st Dáil. electionsireland.org.
Retrieved 17 July 2014
8.Jump up ^
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0903/breaking6.html
9.Jump up ^ Taaffe, P. 2004. A Socialist World is Possible. CWI
Publications & Socialist Books, p.51
10.Jump up ^ Building the socialist alternative around the world,
socialistworld.net, 27 December 2002.
11.Jump up ^ Thesis for the International Executive Committee (IEC) of
the CWI 2013, socialistworld.net, 22 November 2013.
External links[edit]
Official news and analysis website of the CWI
Official Marxist resource website of the CWI
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