International Socialist Alternative (ISA) is an international association of
Trotskyist
Trotskyism (, ) is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Russian revolutionary and intellectual Leon Trotsky along with some other members of the Left Opposition and the Fourth International. Trotsky described himself as an ...
political parties.
ISA was founded by sections on one side of a split in the
Committee for a Workers' International
The Committee for a Workers' International (CWI; , or CIT; or CIO) was an Political international, international association of Trotskyism, Trotskyist political parties and organisations. Today, two groups claim to be the continuation of the C ...
(CWI).
History
In 2018 and 2019, a dispute within the Committee for a Workers' International developed around the questions of socialism and
identity politics
Identity politics is politics based on a particular identity, such as ethnicity, Race (human categorization), race, nationality, religion, Religious denomination, denomination, gender, sexual orientation, Socioeconomic status, social background ...
.
One group founded the “In Defence of a Working Class and Trotskyist CWI” (IDWCTCWI) faction, which considers itself a continuance of the original CWI,
using the same name.
A second group, in support of the majority of the CWI's International Executive Committee, later renamed itself International Socialist Alternative and also considers itself the continuance of the original CWI.
Rosa campaign
The Rosa campaign is an international socialist feminist campaign named after
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg ( ; ; ; born Rozalia Luksenburg; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Polish and naturalised-German revolutionary and Marxist theorist. She was a key figure of the socialist movements in Poland and Germany in the early 20t ...
and
Rosa Parks
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an American civil rights activist. She is best known for her refusal to move from her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, in defiance of Jim Crow laws, which sparke ...
aims to build the socialist-feminist wing of the Labour movement. 25 November is the
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which Rosa marked in 2021 with demonstrations in at least two cities. In Taiwan the occasion was marked by an ISA demonstration in support of
Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai (; ; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 doubles player by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA ...
, who
disappeared after accusing former Chinese vice premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual abuse.
Sections
The international's website maintains a list of claimed national sections.
Notable national sections include:
See also
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List of Trotskyist internationals
This is a list of Trotskyist internationals. It includes all of the many political internationals which self-identify as Trotskyist.
Of the organizations listed, two claim to be the original Fourth International founded in 1938: the reunified ...
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Revolutionary socialism
Revolutionary socialism is a political philosophy, doctrine, and tradition within socialism that stresses the idea that a social revolution is necessary to bring about structural changes in society. More specifically, it is the view that revo ...
References
External links
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{{Political internationals
Trotskyist political internationals
International socialist organizations