revolution.' by organising a demonstration of workers near the meeting site.
The workers involved were brought to this demonstration under the false pretense thal they were there to discuss their problems with the FSLN leadership.
The FSLN leadership held two meetings with the Simon Bolivar Brigade, lasting many hours, to try proposed that the brigade become a disciplined and loyal part of the FSLN, as an international But the brigade leadership refused to place itself under the discipline of the FSLN, despite its public stance that it is a military, and not Or gallation. the FSLN leadership expelled the brigade's non-Nicaraguan members.
Panama, as a first step on their way.
When the Torrijos opportunity to arrest and beat members of the origade Delore senalug mem ou, walen the FSLN leadership issued statement that it had not arrested or mistreated member of the brigade, was solely to expel them from "The Colombian PST placed its own factional interests above those of the Nicaraguan largely majority Colombian PST interests revolution.
They The Consequently, They were sent to utilized the Brigade operation.
and that. its Documents of the Colombian PST state that the project of the Simon Bolivar Brigade factional operation against the FSIN and the conceived and executed of the Fourth Inlernallonal. Int placed own above those of the This behaviour of the brigade could provide a pretext to forces opposed to the advance of the revolution to advocate the use of repression in the workers movement to settle differences, against the policy of the FSLN.
United Secretariat of the International condemns and repudiates Simon Bolivar Brigade and its activities.
At the same time, the Fourth International considers the expulsion of the Simon Bolivar Brigard from Nicaragua to be a mistake. We don't want to minimise the fraudulent irresponsible character of the Simon Bolivar But we believe that the prestige and political authority of the FSLN are sufficiently great to have enabled it to solve the problem of the Simon Bolivar Brigade by using public criticism and condemnation rather than expulsion.
refuse to split Trotskist • Tendency with the Bolshevik Faction Committee for the Fourth International calling for conference of all aim of fighting revisionism and ing' such an appeal. It is a splitțing act.
Steering Committee the Fourth International.
Declaration factional of view of the world revolution.
Steering Committee, political Fourth break with the the Ichocucy was lormcu and Appéal.
future.
Socialist Challenge 15 November 197) THE majority of the members of the Leninist Steering Committee on Sunday 28 Oct decided to issue a joint appeal and Reconstruction of the an organisations claiming to adhere to the Trotskyist Programme with the "recomposTo issue such an appeal is to say that the Fourth International as presently organised, its sections, its World Congress, its International Executive Committee and its Secretariat are dead from the point of view of the revolution. There can be no other meaning for The Declaration of the LTT states and the earlier voted that all members of the LTT must be loyal members of We stand by this The International is not dead from the point To split the Fourth International, to issue such an appeal, as decided by the majority of members of the is therefore an unprincipled and criminally irresponsible split.
British members of the LTT Steering Committee, condemn this course of action. It is principles on which the We appeal to all members of the Fladhari to the LTT to stand by the Declaration of d LTT, to remain as loyal members of the Fourt to repudiate time continues within the Fourth International. With the FI, within the Fl, our politics can win. Outside of it there is no future Sired by three leading members of the British
THE TRAGIC split which has just taken place * Lenin split from the Second International only after its historic betrayal of the world pr tariat in 1914.' The Fourth International has committed no such betrayal possible government, overthrow the provisional despite the existence of dual