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International Secretariat Documents 1951-1954 EDUCATION FOR SOCIALISTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SOCIALIST WORKERS RARTY 14 CHARLES LANE NEW YORK, N.Y 10014 •Towards a History of the Fourth International, Part 4 Struggle in the Fourth International INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT DOCUMENTS 1951-1954 Volume 4 of 4 volumes $1.00 March 1971 INTERNATIONAL SECRETARIAT DOCUMENTS, 1951-1954 Contents, Volume IV Introductory Note 149 Glossary of Pseudonyms and Pen Names Used 13. Excerpt of a Letter from Sherry Mangan by Key Figures 149 to Michel Pablo 177 Section VIII: Heading for a Showdown 150 Section X: In Reply to the Open Letter 177 1. Letter from the International Secretariat To the Defense of the Fourth International 177 to Sam Gordon 150 2. Letter from the Bureau of the International Section XI: A Debate Over Stalinism 189 Secretariat to Gerry Healy 150 1. Resolution of the Central Committee of the 3. Letter from Michel Pablo to George Novack 151 Lanka Sama Samaja Party on the Inter­ 4. Letter from Michel Pablo to George Novack 153 national Secretariat Resolution "Rise and 5. Resolution of the Cochranite Minority of Decline of Stalinism" 189 the SWP Political Committee on the Internal 2. Answer to the Resolution of the Central Party Situation 153 Committee of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party on "Rise and Decline of Stalinism," Section IX: Pablo Declares a "Split" 156 by Ernest Germain 192 1. Letter from the Bureau of the International 3. For an International Workers Conference Secretariat to the November 7-8 Plenum of Parallel to the Geneva Conference 197 the SWP National Committee 156 2. Statement of Cochran-Clarke-BarteU Faction Section XII: The Pablo. Faction Debates the Question on the Split in the SWP 158 of Unity 198 3. Letter from the Bureau of the International 1. International Secretariat Reply to the Central Secretariat to the Leaderships of All Sections 160 Committee of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party 198 4. Letter from John Lawrence to the 2. Lanka Sama Samaja Party Repeats Request 199 Members of the British Section 162 3. Lanka Sama Samaja Party Proposals for 5. They Desert, We Go Forward, by Michel Pablo 163 Reunification 199 6. An Attempt at an Anti-Trotskyist Atlantic 4. Appeal of the International Executive Committee 199 Pact, by Ernest Germain 165 5. Letter from John Lawrence to Michel Pablo, 7. After the Treachery of the Cannonites: An Appeal Secretary of the International Secretariat 201 by the Bureau of the International Secretariat 167 6,. Letter from Colvin R. de Silva and Leslie 8. The 14th Plenum of the International Goonewardene (Lanka Sama Samaja Party) Executive Committee 168 to the International Secretariat 201 9. The Socialist Union of America 172 7 . Declaration of the National Committee of 10. Letter from the Bureau of the International the Socialist Union of America 201 Secretariat "To the Leaderships of All Sections" 172 8 Our Conception of the International and the 11. Letter from the International Secretariat to Struggle Within It, by Michel Pablo 203 the Revolutionary Communist Party (Chinese Section of the Fourth International) 174 Section XIII: Pablo's American "Trotskyists" Break 12. Letter from the International Secretariat With Trotskyism 207 to the Canadian Section of the Fourth international 176 Our Orientation 207 Contents of Other Volumes Volume I Section I: Before the Third World Congress Section II: Entryism "Of a Special Type" Volume II Section III: The Split in the French Section Section IV: The Position of the SWP Minority on Stalinism in the Cochran Fight Section V: Pablo's Role in the Cochran Fight Volume III Section VI: Deepening Differences Over Stalinism Section VII: Deepening Commitment to "Entryism of a Special Type" Introductory Note In 1953, sharp differences over Stalinism and organiza­ occurred when the McCarthyite witch-hunt was at its height tional matters divided the Fourth International into two in the United States. Similar manifestations of political public factions, the International Committee of the Fourth repression appeared in other capitalist countries, as the International and the International Secretariat of the Fourth ruling class sought to whip up anticommunist hysteria. International. This division lasted until the Re-unification In view of these sharp attacks on democratic rights, many Congress of the Fourth International held in 1963. radicals found it necessary to use pseudonyms or pen- The articles, documents, correspondence, and circulars names in carrying out their political activity. This was published in these Education for Socialists bulletins are true of the Trotskyist movement as well. In line with a presented as an aid in tracing the evolution of this dis­ policy of printing this material as it originally appeared, pute. The material is divided into two parts. The first these have generally not been changed. Instead, a glos­ (Part Three of Towards a History of the Fourth Inter­ sary of these pen-names is included in each volume. Note national) is composed of four bulletins and contains ma­ that some individuals used more than one pen-name on terials from the International Committee. The second (Part occasion. Four of Towards a History of the Fourth International) The 1953-54 dispute was worldwide in its scope and consists of four bulletins containing material from the repercussions. Many parts of the Trotskyist movement International Secretariat faction. that participated in the struggle are not represented in Both sets of bulletins begin with the discussion prior this collection. An instance of this is the lack of docu­ to the Third World Congress of the Fourth International mentation from Latin America. Material from the dis­ held in 1951. They are divided into sections dealing with pute in the Latin American Trotskyist organizations is key stages in the development of the dispute. Each sec­ now being translated and will appear in a future volume. tion opens with a brief introductory note. To the extent This selection is based on the documents and corres­ that these notes include historical interpretations or con­ pondence presently available to the National Education clusions, the views expressed are my own. Department of the Socialist Workers Party. Because of The documents, correspondence, articles, and circulars the speed with which the dispute developed, once the dif­ have been subjected to minimal editing. In general the ferences had become apparent to both sides, many as­ style, grammar, etc., have been retained as in the orig­ pects of the struggle are not fully dealt with in official inals. Additions to the text for explanatory purposes ap­ documents. Therefore, it was necessary to include a con­ pear in brackets. siderable amount of correspondence to allow maximum The term "section" appears frequently in these documents. clarity for the reader. This word was used in two different senses within the world Trotskyist movement. On the one hand, it refers to those Hopefully, the publication of these bulletins will in­ groups which are affiliated to the Fourth International. spire others who were involved in the dispute to make Secondly, it is used in reference to organizations that are available the relevant materials in their possession. Special barred from membership in the Fourth International by thanks are owed to James P. Cannon, National Chairman reactionary legislation, such as the SWP, but are in full Emeritus of the Socialist Workers Party, and Tom Kerry political solidarity with the world Trotskyist movement and Karolyn Kerry for making their personal archives and represent the continuity of Trotskyism in their coun­ available for this project tries. Fred Feldman The faction struggle in the world Trotskyist movement February 1974 Glossary of Pseudonyms and Pen Names Used by Key Figures The individuals' names appear on the left, with the Sam Gordon: Tom, Harry, Burton, Joe pseudonyms following in italics. Joseph Hansen: Herrick Gerry Healy: Burns, Mason, Jerry Harry Braverman: Harry Frankel John Lawrence: Collins James P. Cannon: Walter, Martin Ernest Mandel: Ernest Germain, Albert, Jeb George Clarke: Campbell, Livingstone, Livingston Sherry Mangan: Patrice, Terrence Phelan, Patrick O'Daniel Colvin R. DaSilva: Roy George Novack: Manuel, William F. Warde Farrell Dobbs: Smith, Barr Michel Raptis: Michel Pablo, Gabe Ross Dowson: Kane David Weiss: Stevens Leslie Goonewardene: Tilak Milton Zaslow: Mike Bartell 149 SECTION VIII: HEADING FOR A SHOWDOWN [As soon as it became clear that Gerry Healy, the leader it clear that Pablo regarded the emergence of a tendency of the British Trotskyists, was planning to support the or faction opposed to his line as equivalent to "a break SWP majority against Pablo's political line, a pro-Pablo with the rest of the movement." faction surfaced in the British section. Organizational threats [The behavior of Pablo's American supporters gave were made against Sam Gordon who was charged with further evidence of the estimate that Pablo had a split "factional activity against the International" for partici­ perspective. They boycotted party activities and refused pating in the preparation of an anti-Pablo tendency. to support the party financially. Finally, they organized [On September 23, the Bureau of the International Sec­ a public boycott of the Twenty-fifth anniversary celebra­ retariat wrote to Healy, ordering him to support the docu­ tion of The Militant. In doing so, they make it unmis­ ments proposed by the International Secretariat or to keep takably clear that their quarrel was not merely with the silent in the internal discussion in the British section. party leadership, but with the party as a whole. Pablo's supporters in England were instructed in this [At the November 7-8 1953 Plenum of the SWP Na­ letter that they could ignore the discipline of the section tional Committee, it was proposed to suspend the leaders with impunity. This letter convinced Healy and the SWP of the Cochran-Clarke-Bartell faction and to expel those that Pablo was determined to split the Fourth International supporters of the faction who did not repudiate the boycott.
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