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Workers International News was the theoretical journal of the Workers International League from 1938 until 1944 after which it continued as the journal of the fused Revolutionary Communist Party until 1949 when the RCP dissolved.
The WIL was formed in 1937 by around members of the Militant Group, who had split due to false allegations from the leadership of that group that Ralph Lee (born Raphael Levy), then a newly arrived South African member, had misled a strike and used the strike funds to move to England.
The split took around a third of the membership of the Militant Group and four of its branches, including Jock Haston and Ted Grant. The group remained in the Labour Party, where they published Searchlight edited by Gerry Healy, which in September 1938 was replaced by the magazine Youth for Socialism which in its own turn was renamed Socialist Appeal in June 1941 as a result of the WIL's turn of focus away from the Labour Party. The group also produced a theoretical journal Workers International News. The WIL grew with recruits from the Labour Party, the Communist Party of Great Britain, the Independent Labour Party and the Militant Group.
The Fourth International was formed in 1938, and the WIL refused to merge into the newly formed official British affiliate, the Revolutionary Socialist League itself a regroupment of the Militant Group and others. They requested either affiliate or sympathiser status to the International but were rejected.
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GPU Stalks Abroad, by Leon Trotsky
Editorial
Stalin the Assassin, by Charles Sumner**
* W.2 is a mistake – see below.
** Charles Sumner is the pseudonym of Hilary Sumner-Boyd
Beginning of the End, by Leon Trotsky
Whither Japan?
Robinson-Rubens case
American Revolutionary Party Formed
Commission Reports (Dewey)
Soviet Plebiscite
Defend the Soviet Union, by Leon Trotsky
Where is Erwin Wolf?
The Real Wreckers
Comrade Sedov
Another Moscow Frame-up
Soviet Union in Danger
GPU from the Inside, by Ignace Reiss
Comments on the New Trial, by Leon Trotsky
Method in Kremlin Madness
Gastonia Strike Leaders Jailed
Through All Channels
Trotskyists in Hitler’s Jails
South American Marxists confer
French CP Chief Resigns
Trotsky’s Reply to Toledano
Comrade Trotsky’s Life is Menaced, by Max Shachtman
Letter to Geneva
The Scapegoats
More Spy Trials in Store – Priests of Half Truth, by Leon Trotsky
Moscow’s Diplomatic Plans in the Light of the Trials, by Leon Trotsky
Trade Union Struggle in the USA
Palestine Communists Denounce Stalinism, by ex-members
Spanish Revolutionaries Framed
Help Victims of Colonial Terror (Ta Thu-Thau)
Who Hounds POUM?
Retreat from October, by Leon Trotsky
After Blum
German Trotskyists in Hitler’s Jails
American-Pacific Pre-Conference, by M.S.
Comrade Klement Kidnapped
Learn to Think, by Leon Trotsky
Wars Since the War
Lenin on Disarmament
Where is Erwin Wolf?
After Evian
Stalin Murders Communist Refugees
Leading Trotskyist murdered by GPU, by Leon Trotsky
International Trade Crisis
Race Riots in Burma, by Than Tun
Leon Sedoff Murdered, by Leon Trotsky
The Coming World War, by Leon Trotsky
Defend the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union Must be Defended
The Shadow of Coming Events
POUM Leaders Sent Back to Prison
Purged by the Million, by J.G. Wright
4th International Launched
Greek Trotskyists in Fascist Jails
German Imperialism Burns Its Bridges
Soviet-Polish Pact
The Bandits Quarrel
South African Landscape, by R.F.
Labour and War, by Leon Trotsky
Stalin Completes Hitler’s Task
Spain the Third Winter
Help WIN
Trade Crises
The French Betrayal, by H.R.**
* Masthead says 1938 in error.
** H.R. is Harry Ratner.
The Decisive Hour in France, by Leon Trotsky
Peace Moves in China
Barcelona Betrayed
Labour and War Part II, by Leon Trotsky
* The last pages are wrongly numbered 13-16.
The Tragedy of Spain, by Leon Trotsky
Sir Stafford Cripps Stands Firm
Smashing Fascism
Why Did They Confess?
German Trotskyists in Hitler’s Jails
“Export or Die!”
For Grynzspan, by Leon Trotsky
Counter Revolution in Spain
Hitler Will March Again – And Soon
After the Fall of Madrid
The Middle Class in France, by H.R.*
A Moscow Berlin-Axis? by Leon Trotsky
Towards an Independent Revolutionary Art, André Breton & Diego Rivera
The Right to Work
* H.R. is Harry Ratner.
* Probably the May issue.
Stalin Capitulates to Hitler, by Leon Trotsky
The Problem of the Ukraine, by Leon Trotsky
Whither the PSOP? by H.R.*
Ferment in India, by Ajit Roy
Kremlin Kultur, by Dwight Macdonald
* H.R. is Harry Ratner.
The Irish Revolution has Begun
Congress Socialism, by Ajit Roy
PSOP in Conference, by H.R.
* H.R. is Harry Ratner
For a New International
* Very short issue
The Soviet-German Alliance
Only Socialism Can Buy Peace
Only Socialism Can Buy Peace
Patriots Yesterday – Pacifists Today
Finland – Stalinism or Socialism
Will the Communist Party be Communist?
Stalinists go Anti-Semitic
Right of Revolutionary Optimism, by Leon Trotsky
Chamberlain’s Dilemma
In Defence of October
The ILP and CP at War
Lenin-Liebknecht-Luxemburg
Stalinists in Deep Water
Intervention in Finland
The “New” Afrikanerdom
Whither Japan
* Wrongly printed Volume 2 Number 3
The Soviet Regime, by Leon Trotsky
Kuusinen
Norway’s Fifth Column
4th International in Australia
Order out of Chaos, by Leon Trotsky
Incorporation of Workers’ Fight
Stalinism
GPU in Mexico
Behind Stalin’s Moves, by Leon Trotsky
Lesson of France
Kremlin’s Role in Europe’s Catastrophe
Stalinists arrested for Trotsky Attack
Fourth International Hold World Conference on War
Japan and America in the Pacific, by Jack Weber*
Labour to Power
Stalinists Confess Harte Murder
* Jack Webber is the pseudonym of Louis Jacobs in the States.
Trotsky Murdered
His Work Continues
Workers Pay Tribute
GPU Stalks Abroad*, by Leon Trotsky
Britain and the East
* Repeat from issue Volume 1 Number 1
American Labour and the Elections, by Farrell Dobbs
Changes in the Pacific, by George Stern*
* George Stern is the pseudonym Harold Isaacs.
Leading Mexican Stalinists Implicated in Trotsky’s Murder
Stalin’s New Labour Laws, by John G. Wright
Leon Trotsky’s Last Letters
Trade Union Purges in the Soviet Union
Military Policy of the Proletariat – Speech by James P. Cannon
Trotskyist Success in US Elections
Leon Trotsky’s Last Article
Some Questions on American Problems, by Leon Trotsky
SWP Resolution on Proletarian Military Policy
James P. Cannon’s Summary
* No date on cover
MISSING
Policy of Labour Lefts Leads to Defeat, by Andrew Scott
ILP Easter Conference: Observations and Lessons
Lessons of the Balkans
Trade Unions in an Epoch of Imperial Decay, by Leon Trotsky
The Communist Party and the War
Why Hitler’s New Order Won’t Work, by Felix Morrow
Trade Unions and the State, by G.H.
Fourth International Unites in Chile
Stalin Introduces Inflation, by John G. Wright
* G.H. is Gerry Healy.
Defend the Soviet Union
Tasks of the Left in the Labour Party, by Gerry Healy
Crisis in Soviet Industry, by Vladimir Ivlev
Perspectives of Chinese Revolution
Vladimar Ivlev is the pseudonym of Jean Van Heijenoort
An Analysis of the Soviet Union and Why we Defend it, by E. Grant
Leon Trotsky
Daily Herald – A Public Statement
Behind Arrests of American Trotskyists
How Paris Fell, by T. Phelan
Class Relations in the Soviet Union, by John G. Wright
Introduction by Editor
Lessons of the First Anglo-Russian Committee, by Leon Trotsky
Class Party and Leadership, by Leon Trotsky
Britain’s War Remains Imperialist, by Andrew Scott
Volga Germans, by John G. Wright
Stalin’s Purge Beheaded Red Army, by Leon Trotsky
Stalin’s Diplomacy Leads to Defeat, by Andrew Scott
The ILP and the Fourth International, by Leon Trotsky
Soviet Masses are Kept in the Dark, by John G. Wright
The Case for Socialist Revolution – Smash Fascism – End War, An ABC of Trotskyism
The Testimony of J.P. Cannon in the US Labour Frame-Up Trial
* Year not given but 1942
The Road to India’s Freedom – The Permanent Revolution in India and the Task of the British Working Class, by E. Grant and A. Scott
Thesis of Indian Fourth Internationalists (1941)
MISSING
Preparing for Power- Revolutionary Perspectives and the Tasks of the Fourth International
The Text of the Thesis adopted at the National Pre-Conference of Workers’ International League, August 22nd and 23rd, 1942, and Revised for publication.
Constitution of Workers’ International League, 1942
On Some Critics of Trotsky, by Marc Loris, USA**
Archives of the Revolution
Extracts from Trotsky’s Diary and 2 letters to Bukharin 1926
* Much smaller pages
** Marc Loris is the pseudonym of Jean van Heijenoort in the States
Anglo-American Relations, by Andrew Scott
Learn to Think, by Leon Trotsky
Friends of India, by Ajit Roy
The National Struggle in Europe, by Marc Loris**
Our Attitude to Conscription, by Leon Trotsky
* Larger pages but not as big as 1941
** Marc Loris is the pseudonym of Jean van Heijenoort in the States
Fascism or Socialism in Post-War Britain, by Andrew Scott
Tasks Under the Nazi Boot, by Marc Loris*
Labour’s Opportunity in Southern Ireland, by Tom Burns**
The Permanent Revolution, by Leon Trotsky
Police Regime in Northern Ireland, by Bob Armstrong
* Marc Loris is the pseudonym of Jean van Heijenoort in the States
** Tom Burns is the pseudonym of Gerry Healy
What is National Socialism, by Leon Trotsky
The Post-war Strategy of Food, by C. Charles*
The Class Meaning of the Soviet Victories, by Felix Morrow
The National Question – Three Theses
Our Differences with the Three Theses, by Felix Morrow
Radek and Rakovsky Reported Dead
Three Conceptions of the Revolution, by Leon Trotsky
* C. Charles is the pseudonym of Charles Curtiss in the States
The ILP in Transition, by Ted Grant
The Class Meaning of the Soviet Victories, by Felix Morrow
Imperialist Perspectives for Europe, by Andrew Scott
The Left Wing Zionists and the Fourth International, by Rose Carson
The National Question in Europe, by M. Morrison*
* M. Morrison is the pseudonym of Albert Goldman
The Rise and Fall of the Communist International, by Ted Grant
EDITORIAL:
A Graphic History of Bolshevism, by Leon Trotsky
Criticism of the Draft Programme Adopted at the Sixth Congress of the Comintern, 1928, by Leon Trotsky
Lenin’s Last Letter to the Bolshevik Party – The Suppressed Testament
Reply to the ILP, by Marc Loris**
* The numbering is the same as the previous month – Note by transcriber ERC
** Marc Loris is the pseudonym of Jean van Heijenoort in the States
Italian Revolution and the Tasks of the British Workers, by Ted Grant
India – the Role of Congress Leaders, by Ajit Roy
Trotsky Assassinated Three Years Ago
Trade Unions in the Epoch of Imperialist Decay, by Leon Trotsky
A New Stage in History and the Tasks of the Working Class.
Draft Resolution of Central Committee for Discussion at the Forthcoming Conference of Workers’ International League
Inside Germany, by Rose Carson
News from Indian Fourth Internationalists (from Fourth International)
WIL Thesis on Indian Revolution
Tasks of the Industrial Militants (Resolution)
Italy: First Phase of the Revolution, by Felix Morrow
Egypt: Trotskyism Grows
The Anti-fascist Movements in Italy, by Felix Morrow
Our Tasks in the Coming Revolution, by Ted Grant
FROM THE ARSENAL OF MARXISM:
Internationalism and Centrism
Ridley and Brockway, exponents of Confusion, by Ted Grant
After Thoughts on Dissolution of the Comintern by an Indian Revolutionist, by Hakim Mirza*
Report on the Comintern, by Leon Trotsky
Lenin on Spontanteity
* Hakim Mirza is the pseudonym of Kamlesh Bannerji
Our Tasks in Europe, by M. Loris*
Manifesto of the Italian Trotskyists
Letter on the Italian Revolution, by Leon Trotsky
The Coming German Revolution, by Ted Grant
* Marc Loris is the pseudonym of Jean van Heijenoort in the States
The Bombay Plan, by M. Naidu
Zionism – An Outpost of Imperialism: Open Letter to Labour Party Conference, by a Group of Palestine Socialists
Workers of Europe!
German and Allied Soldiers
Statement of Indian Trotskyists on Trial
* The numbering is the same as the previous month. Note by transcriber ERC
Pages 2 & 3 missing in BL collection
The ILP at the Crossroads, by Ted Grant
The Nationalist Degeneration of Stalinism, by Paul Dixon*
Ulster in Transition 1, by Bob Armstrong
* P. Dixon is the pseudonym of Denzil Dean Harber.
Reform or revolution – Answers to Harry Pollitt, by H. Atkinson
Resolution on the national question in Europe
Problems of the European Revolution, by Comrades of IKD
FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE REVOLUTION:
Revolutionary Tactics, by Leon Trotsky
Ulster in Transition 2, by Bob Armstrong
Tasks of Fourth International in Europe, Resolution European EO
Editorial Notes
The Character of the European Revolution, by E. Grant
The Housing Problem, by Harold Atkinson
The future of Commonwealth, by J. Deane
Religion in the Soviet Union, Part I by Paul Dixon*
* P. Dixon is the pseudonym of Denzil Dean Harber.
Editorial Notes
Where is The Communist Party Going? by David James
Religion in The Soviet Union, Part II, by Paul Dixon
The Russian Revolution, by Leon Trotsky
Editorial Notes
Imperialism in The Middle East, by T. Cliff
Report from Russia (a seaman)
Stalinism and Democracy, by Harold Atkinson
From the Archives, by Leon Trotsky
EDITORIAL NOTES:
Imperialism in the Middle East, by T. Cliff
Our Tasks in Europe
Trotskyist Tasks in Europe, by William Simmons (USA)*
Tactical Problems of the European Movement, by Felix Morrow
* William Simmons is the pseudonym of Arne Swabeck in the States
EDITORIAL NOTES:
The Paris Commune, by Leon Trotsky
The ILP and the Revolutionary Party, by Bill Hunter
The Politics of the Indian Bourgeoisie, by Suren Moraji*
Imperialism in the Middle East III, by T. Cliff
* Suren Moraji is the pseudonym of Hector Abhayavardhana
EDITORIAL NOTES:
Manifesto of the Fourth International
Nationalisation Policy, by Ajit Roy
Programme of German CP
EDITORIAL NOTES:
ILP Conference and After, by Bill Hunter
Democracy or Bonapartism, by P. Frank
The Jewish Question, by Leon Trotsky
Transformation of Morals, by Leon Trotsky
EDITORIAL NOTES:
Palestine: The Anglo-American Commission of Enquiry (translated from organ of 4th International in Palestine)
Notes on Malaya, by SEAC Soldier
Democracy or Bonapartism, by E. Grant
EDITORIAL NOTES:
RCP CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS:
The Indian Constituent Assembly
USSR: Non-Proletarian Non-Bourgeois State, by Leon Trotsky
Resolution of the IEC: Withdrawal of Red Army
Two Balance Sheets, by IKD Comrades
Fourth International Pre-Conference Resolution
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF RCP:
Editorial Notes
Some Diplomatic Horsedeals Exposed, by D. James
Workers Control, by Leon Trotsky
Tasks in Germany, by E. Grant
Conflict in India, by T. Cliff
The Nationalisation of British Industry, by Bill Hunter
EDITORIAL NOTES:
The National Question in Russia, by Ajit Roy
* This issue is in not printed form.
Second and Third Labour Governments, A Comparison, by Ted Grant
EDITORIAL:
The United States in the World Economy, The Basis of the Marshall Plan, by T. Cliff
* Irregular pagination, Page missing?
Stalinism in Czechoslovakia, by B. Hunter
Slave Camps in the USSR, by V. Charles
Labour Party Conference
Workers’ Control and Collaboration with the USSR, by Trotsky
(from What Next? Vital Questions for the German Proletariat)
Guerrilla Movements in Greece (25.1.48), by G.D. from Workers Struggle
Editorial Statement on Jugoslavia
Extracts from the Telegraphic Agency of Jugoslavia’s report of the Fifth Congress of the Jugslavia Communist Party
Open letter sent to the Communist Party of Jugoslavia by the IS of the FI (July 1, 1948)
Jugoslav CP Resolution
Nationalized Industry and Workers Management, by Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky 1879-1940, by Vincent Charles
Editorial Notes
The Tendency towards Statification – A necessary correction
The Purge of the Russian Biologists
The Chinese Peasant, by John Bowman
Is Russia moving to Communism? by W. Hunter
The Indonesian Movement, by Anil Kumaran
The English Revolution, by Trotsky (from Whither England)
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