About us


Who are the Fifth Internationalists?

The League for the Fifth International is a revolutionary organisation. Our goal is to build a world party of socialist revolution, fighting across the world for an end to capitalism and for socialism. We base our programme – From Protest to Power – and our day to day policies on the works of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky, on the revolutionary documents of the first four congresses of the Third International and the Transitional Programme of the Fourth International published in 1938.
The working class has had four previous working class international parties. We are not the Fifth International – we are an international revolutionary tendency of groups fighting for it. The struggle against capitalism is an international struggle, as Marx wrote in 1848, the working class has no country. The fight against capitalism must be an international one, uniting socialists across the world in resistance to the system.
The League has sections in Austria, Brazil, Britain, Germany, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sweden and the USA. We have supporters in many other countries across the world. In Europe we campaign within the trade unions and social movements, uniting young people and workers across the continent. In Sri Lanka our comrades lead trade unions and have a long history of supporting the Tamils against the chauvinist government. In Pakistan our section was born in the pro democracy movement against dictatorship and now actively opposes the war on terror and supports trade union struggles against the endemic poverty.
We stand for working class independence and consistent revolutionary politics. Within the social movements which have emerged against capitalism, war and poverty the League for the Fifth International has argued for a clear socialist perspective. We support all progressive steps forward for the working class and oppressed people in their fight against capitalism and imperialism.
We work alongside REVOLUTION, the socialist youth movement, who organise young people in countries as diverse as the US and Nepal against capitalism.
If you are interested in joining the League please read our international programme From Resistance to Revolution (2010)
If you agree with what you are reading then you should join the League here
.Who are the Fifth Internationalists?
Wed, 23/09/2009 - 16:20What do the Fifth Internationalists fight for? Read more...
Why we need a Fifth International
Sat, 04/01/2003 - 23:00In the opening years of the twenty-first century, resistance to imperialism, war and corporate capitalism assumed a truly global scale.
Vast mobilisations against international financial institutions, continental counter-summits, Social Forums of scores of thousands, cross-border actions and joint days of action - all these have changed the shape of the class struggle. Read more...
British Political perspectives
Workers Power Fri, 19/08/2011 - 15:54Political perspectives passed by the 2011 Workers Power conference in June Read more...
Dave Hughes 1948 -1991
Dave Stockton Tue, 16/08/2011 - 12:49Dave Hughes was one of the founders of Workers Power and for 15 years a central leader, writer and activist in the workers movement before his death in August 1991. Here, Dave Stockton, a founder member of Workers Power, remembers his contribution to our political tradition Read more...
Documents of the League for a Fifth International - an introduction
Tue, 28/06/2011 - 17:32Introduction to the 2009 publication Documents of the League for the Fifth international Volume 1, available to buy online Read more...
Who we are - arabic
League for the Fifth International Wed, 01/06/2011 - 16:49الاتحاد الدولي الخامس هو منظمة شيوعية ثورية، تكافح من اجل عالم جديد. نحن نعتقد أن هذه اسست على سياسات طورت على يد الدول الاربعة السابقة قبل اجهاضها وانهيارها. Read more...
Cairo conference can unite resistance across the globe
John Bowman Sat, 14/05/2011 - 15:22Revolutionaries and anti-imperialists from across the world will be gathering in Cairo between 3-5 June to discuss the next tasks for the growing rebellions across the Middle East and North Africa, writes John Bowman Read more...
Long Live May Day – Long Live Revolution around the World
League for the Fifth International Fri, 29/04/2011 - 13:14May Day Statement of the League for the Fifth International Read more...
From Protest to Power available in Indonesian
League for the Fifth International Fri, 22/10/2010 - 12:14From Protest to Power, the 2003 programme of the League for the Fifth International, has been translated into Bahasa Indonesia and is now available online Read more...
Socialist Party of Sri Lanka launch new website
SPSL Thu, 21/10/2010 - 14:45The Socialist Party of Sri Lanka has launched a new website which will include articles from their paper ASANI with news and analysis of the struggles in Sri Lanka Read more...