NCJ Number
40867
Date Published
1975
Length
474 pages
Annotation
THIS REPORT FROM A HEARING TRACES THE ORIGINS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL, A REVOLUTIONARY GROUP, AND ITS U.S. COUNTERPART, THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY.
Abstract
THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL, WHICH ORIGINATED IN 1938, IS A TROTSKYITE ORGANIZATION. HERBERT ROMERSTEIN, THE WITNESS AT THE HEARING, TESTIFIED THAT IT IS A TERRORIST GROUP WITH FOLLOWERS IN MANY COUNTRIES. MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY, ROMERSTEIN POINTED OUT, DISAGREE WITH THE USE OF TERRORISM. DOCUMENTS OF THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT ARGUE THAT TERRORISM IS ALIEN AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO REVOLUTIONARY ORGANIZATIONS. INTERNAL BULLETINS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL INCLUDED IN THE REPORT CONTAIN DEBATES BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY AND MEMBERS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL ON THE VALUE OF TERRORISM....BDS