International Socialist Left (Germany)
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The International Socialist Left is a Trotskyist
group in Germany
. The isl is an organizational descendant of the International Marxist Group
(GIM). It is one of two factions that form the German section of the reunified Fourth International
. The isl is affiliated with the Association for Solidarity Perspectives (VsP).
Along with co-producing the VsP's newspaper Sozialistische Zeitung, the isl works with the Revolutionary Socialist League
and groups in Austria and Switzerland to produce Inprekorr, the German-language magazine of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International.
Trotskyism
Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky considered himself an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, arguing for the establishment of a vanguard party of the working-class...
group in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. The isl is an organizational descendant of the International Marxist Group
International Marxist Group (Germany)
The International Marxist Group was a Trotskyist group in West Germany. The GIM served as the German section of the reunified Fourth International....
(GIM). It is one of two factions that form the German section of the reunified Fourth International
Reunified Fourth International
The Fourth International is a Trotskyist international. In 1963, the majorities of the two public factions of the Fourth International, the International Secretariat and the International Committee, reunited, electing a United Secretariat of the Fourth International...
. The isl is affiliated with the Association for Solidarity Perspectives (VsP).
Along with co-producing the VsP's newspaper Sozialistische Zeitung, the isl works with the Revolutionary Socialist League
Revolutionary Socialist League (Germany)
The Revolutionary Socialist League is a small Trotskyist group in Germany. It was formed in 1994 as a split from the Association for Solidarity Perspectives . The RSB generally considers itself to be more radical than the VsP, and unlike the VsP it is very critical of the Left Party...
and groups in Austria and Switzerland to produce Inprekorr, the German-language magazine of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International.