Italy: Battles in the Third International
This article explores the political debates between the leadership of the Comintern and the leaders of its Italian section.
The Rise of the Comintern and the Role of Leon Trotsky
We publish the introduction to our new edition of “The First Five Years of the Communist International,” which outlines some of the key debates and decisions taken in the first four congresses of the Communist International.
Zinoviev and the Stalinist Degeneration of the Comintern
Just a few years after it entered the scene of history, the Comintern suffered a sudden, irreversible decline. How was all that potential squandered and turned into its opposite?
100 Years on: the Founding of the Communist International
The Third International became a vital school of revolutionary ideas and strategy. Rob Sewell (editor of Socialist Appeal, British journal of the IMT) looks back on this momentous event.