Fourth International. Vol. 1 No. 2. June, 1940.

Contents: Editorial Comment, FBI and the Unions by Farrell Dobbs, Balance Sheet of the Finnish Events by Leon Trotsky, The Presidential Campaign by George Novack, Once Again – Lenin and Luxemburg by Walter Held, The Pathology of Renegacy by James P. Cannon, “Science” – Burnham’s Style by Jarvis Gerland, The South African Native and the War, by S.P., The Groupings in the Communist Opposition by Leon Trotsky, Organs Of The Fourth International, Manager’s Column

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.

PDF of full issue: https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/newspape/fi/vol01/no02/v01n02-w02-jun-1940.pdf