User:Waslax/"Internationalist Perspective"

[Internationalist Perspective] is a pro-revolutionary group defending Marxism (and publishing a twice yearly review of the same name) as a living theory, one that can go back to its sources, criticize them, and develop hand in hand with the historical social trajectory. As such, if Internationalist Perspective (IP) bases itself on the theoretical accomplishments of the Communist Left (i.e. Left Communism), IP believes that its principal task is to go beyond the weaknesses and the insufficiencies of the Communist Left through an effort of incessant theoretical development. IP does not believe that that is its task alone, but rather that it can only be accomplished through debate and discussion with all revolutionaries. That vision conditions the clarity of its contribution to the struggle and to the development of the class consciousness of the proletariat. IP does not aim to bring to the class a finished political program, but rather to participate in the general process of clarification that unfolds within the working class.

Internationalist Perspective originated in 1985 as a split from the International Communist Current (ICC). It was originally called the External Fraction of the ICC (EFICC). In 1994, the name EFICC was dropped, while the name of its publication, International Perspective, was adopted as the group's name. This accompanied the publication of a new programmtic document entitled ["Reference Points: the world as we see it"], published in issue number 27 of its review. The review is published in both English and French versions, currently twice per year, and the group's website also has both English and French sides, each one with its own blog also. Through the year 2009, there have 52 issues of its review published. The group's membership is based in four countries currently: USA, Canada, Belgium, and the UK.