New International
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New International is a magazine
of Marxist theory published by the Socialist Workers Party of the United States
between 1934 and 1940, and since 1983.
The magazine was founded and edited by Martin Abern
and Max Shachtman
. When Shachtman and his associates split from the SWP to form the Workers Party
in 1940, they brought the journal to the new organization: an action regarded by the SWP as theft. The SWP replaced New International with Fourth International, later called International Socialist Review.
New International was discontinued around the time that the Shachtmanites
entered the Socialist Party of America
in 1958.
In 1983, the SWP refounded the magazine in co-operation with the Revolutionary Workers' League in Canada
. It includes articles written by leaders of the 'Pathfinder tendency
' which left Fourth International during the 1980s. It is now published roughly once every two years. The contents focus on speeches and resolutions of the SWP's biannual conference, and archival documents by Bolshevik
and Castroist
communists
. Its editors are Mary-Alice Waters
, Steve Clark and Jack Barnes
; they are assisted by seven "International Consultants".
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
of Marxist theory published by the Socialist Workers Party of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
between 1934 and 1940, and since 1983.
The magazine was founded and edited by Martin Abern
Martin Abern
Martin Abern was a Marxist politician who was an important leader of the Communist youth movement of the 1920s as well as a founder of the American Trotskyist movement.-Early years:...
and Max Shachtman
Max Shachtman
Max Shachtman was an American Marxist theorist. He evolved from being an associate of Leon Trotsky to a social democrat and mentor of senior assistants to AFL-CIO President George Meany.-Beginnings:...
. When Shachtman and his associates split from the SWP to form the Workers Party
Workers Party (US)
Not to be confused with the modern Marxist-Leninist party, Workers Party, USA.The Workers Party was a Third Camp Trotskyist group in the United States. It was founded in April 1940 by members of the Socialist Workers Party who opposed the Soviet invasion of Finland. They included Max Shachtman,...
in 1940, they brought the journal to the new organization: an action regarded by the SWP as theft. The SWP replaced New International with Fourth International, later called International Socialist Review.
New International was discontinued around the time that the Shachtmanites
Shachtmanism
Shachtmanism is the form of Marxism associated with Max Shachtman. It has two major components: a bureaucratic collectivist analysis of the Soviet Union and a third camp approach to world politics...
entered the Socialist Party of America
Socialist Party of America
The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization...
in 1958.
In 1983, the SWP refounded the magazine in co-operation with the Revolutionary Workers' League in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It includes articles written by leaders of the 'Pathfinder tendency
Pathfinder tendency
The Pathfinder tendency is the unofficial name of a group of historically Trotskyist organizations that are politically and organizationally allied with the Socialist Workers Party of the United States and its perspective of solidarity with the Cuban Revolution and the Cuban Communist Party.The...
' which left Fourth International during the 1980s. It is now published roughly once every two years. The contents focus on speeches and resolutions of the SWP's biannual conference, and archival documents by Bolshevik
Bolshevik
The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists , derived from bol'shinstvo, "majority") were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903....
and Castroist
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
communists
Communism
Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
. Its editors are Mary-Alice Waters
Mary-Alice Waters
Mary-Alice Waters is a socialist journalist and activist in the United States.Waters became involved in Trotskyist politics at a young age, and joined the Socialist Workers Party in the 1960s...
, Steve Clark and Jack Barnes
Jack Barnes
Jack Whittier Barnes is an American Communist and the National Secretary of the Socialist Workers Party. Barnes was elected the party's national secretary in 1972, replacing the retiring Farrell Dobbs. He had joined the SWP in the early 1960s as a student at Carleton College in Minnesota and...
; they are assisted by seven "International Consultants".