International Revolutionary Left


International Revolutionary Left is a Trotskyist international tendency that split from the Committee for a Workers' International in the late 2010s.

Background

Following a disagreement with International Marxist Tendency in 2009, the leadership of the Spanish, Venezuelan, and Mexican sections decided to break with IMT. These groups formed Izquierda Revolucionaria and, in 2017, decided to merge with Committee for a Workers' International.

Formation

In 2019, a major rift formed within the CWI between the minority "In Defence of a Working Class and Trotskyist CWI" faction and the International Executive Committee-led majority. While the Portuguese and Spanish sections aligned themselves with the minority faction, they had a falling out. They soon, along with the Mexican and Venezuelan sections, left the CWI altogether to form the International Revolutionary Left.
At their founding congress on 22 July 2019, the delegates were joined by representatives from the German section Offensiv who had earlier in the month voted to affiliate with the group.

Sections

Native nameEnglish nameCountryWebsite
Revolutionary Socialism Revolutionary LeftPortugal
Izquierda Revolucionaria Revolutionary LeftMexico
Revolutionary Left Revolutionary LeftSpain
Revolutionary Socialism Revolutionary LeftVenezuela
OffensivOffensiveGermany