THE LATIN AMERICAN BUREAU OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL HELD ITS
FOURTH CONFERENCE AND FOURTH LATIN AMERICAN CADRES SCHOOL
News of the International Latin America
Between the 5th and 27th March, in a Latin-American country, the Fourth Conference of the Latin-American Bureau of the Fourth International was held.
All the Latin-American Sections of the Fourth International were represented at the Conference.
The Conference discussed the agenda and adopted resolutions on each of the joints.
The Conference began with a minute's silence in memory of Leon Trotsky. A Presidium of honour was designated comprising Comrade Natalie Trotsky, and comrades Michel Pablo and Sal Santen, who have been in prison in Holland for ten nonths without trial, for the activity they carried out in support for the revolution and fight of the Algerian people, for the expulsion of French imperialism and for the national and social liberation of Algeria. It was decided to send a letter of fraternal greetings to both comrades.
The Conference at its opening also sent fraternal greet'ings and solidarity to the Cuban workers' state and greetings to the Cuban government, the revolutionary masses of Asia, Africa and Latin-America, and condemned the murder of Patrice Lumumba. The Conference also greeted the recent World Congress of the Fourth International, the International Secretariat, and all the comrades who are militant on the various fronts of our struggle.
The work of the Conference was opened by a speech of the general secretary of the Latin-American Bureau of the Fourth International, and afterwards were considered, discussed and adopted resolutions on ' 1) The Sixth World Congress and the prospects of the Fourth International;
The evolution and development of the colonial revolution and Latin-American revolution. The building and prospects of the Fourth International; 3) Reports, discussions and resolutions on the tasks of cach of the Latin-American sections of the Fourth Inter4) The balance-sheet, experiences and conclusions of entrism and its prospects in Latin-America; 5) Report of activity, and plan of work for the next period for the Latin-American Bureau of the Fourth International. The campaign for the freedom of Pablo and
Cadres cool letimen th and dee tope done tole, the
1) The philosophical bases of Marxism. 2) The bases, and economic structure of the Capitalist States and the present situation of Capitalism anil Imperialism. Economic and social bases of the Workers' States, and their present situation and development. The Federation of Socialist Soviet Workers' States of Latin-America. 3) The history of the workers' movement. The Permanent Revolution and the building of the Workers' States. The establishment of new Latin-American workers' states, Cuba, and the building and prospects of the Fourth International. 4) The world crisis of the bureaucracy of the Workers' States. The USS R, China, Yugoslavia and the situation of the Cuban Workers' State. 5) The crisis of the Socialist and Communist Parties of Latin-America, and the crisis of the nationalist bourgeois and petty-bourgeois movements and organisations. 6) The Latin-American Revolation, and the revolutionary and workers' movements in Latin-America, and the Fourth International.
At the end of the Cadres' School, there was a session of the School to make a balance-sheet, where each comrade expressed, orally and in written form, his opinions and personal impressions of the School. All the comrades present, without exception, expressed their underslanding of the great importance of the School for their personal and collective education, the experience, the high level of political maturation, and revolutionary fraternity established during the School.
At the very end of the School, an outdoor party was held, with singing and games.
Final greetings to, and declarations for the freedom of, Pablo and Santen were made.
SECRETARIAT OF THE LATIN-AMERICAN BUREAU OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL 20 March, 1961
SOME PUBLICATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONÁL
OTHER THEORETICAL ORGANS
Quatrième Internationale (French)
Die Internationale (German)
Rerista Marxista Latinoamericana (Spanish)
RECENT BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS
Trotsky: Ecrits, 1928-1940, tomes I, II, et III
Léon Trotsky: Les Bolcheviks contre Staline
Michel Pablo: La Guerre qui vient (Capitalisme ou Socialisme)
Michel Pablo: Dictature du prolétariat, démocratie, socialisme
Michel Pablo: The Fourth International - What It Is: What It Aims At
Michel Pablo: The Arab Revolution
Ernest Germain: Les Problèmes économiques de l'URSS
Orders to: PIERRE FrAnk. 64 rue de Richelieu, Paris 2
PUBLIC ORGANS OF SOME OF THE PARTIES
OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL
Argentina: Vor Proletaria
Bolivia: Lucha Obrera
Brazil: Frente Operario
Ceylon: The Samasamajist
Chile: Vanguardia Proletaria
Cuba: Voz Proletaria
France: La Vérité des Travailleurs
Greece: 'Еруатый Пдл (Workers' Struggle)
Italy: Bandiera Rossa
Japan: *X#m (Permanent Revolution)
### (World Revolution)
Peru: Voz Obrera
Uruguay: Frente Obrero
Subscriptions may be channeled through:
BANDIERA ROSSA
Casella 9084
Roma - Borghi - ITALY
Léon '
PIERRE FRANK
64, rue de Richelieu
Paris - FRANCE
LANKA SAMASAMAJA PARTY
49, Drieberg Ave.,
Colombo - CEYLON