All of the articles in this issue are linked to online texts below.

Fourth International (Socialist Workers Party). Vol. 1 No. 3. July, 1940.

Contents: Editorial Comment, Japan and America in the Pacific by Jack Weber, The Unions and Politics by Farrell Dobbs, African Slaves of Imperialism by S.P., The American Telephone and Telegraph Company by C. Curtiss.

Fourth International replaced New International. The New International began as the theoretical organ of the Communist League of America, formed in 1928 by supporters of The International Left Opposition in the Communist Party. The CLA merged with the American Workers Party led by AJ Muste to form the Workers Party of the U.S. in Dec 1935 before intervening in the Socialist Party, at which time this magazine was suspended. After leaving the SP, the main Trotskyist forces formed the Socialist Workers Party in 1938 and resumed publication. In the split of 1940, the State Capitalist/ Bureaucratic Collectivist faction left the Party and held on to the magazine; the SWP then produced ‘The Fourth International’ as their organ of theory. Along with current debate, the New International regularly featured rare, or newly translated work from past figures of Marxism, as well as book reviews and official statements.

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