By IWU-FI
On the 26th and 27th of April, 2025, an extraordinary conference was successfully held for the fusion of the Internationalist Struggle (LI) with the group of comrades from the Red Current and the International Workers League – Fourth International (IWLfi). This is an important step to advance further in the construction of the revolutionary party in the Spanish State, with a qualitative advance in its state construction, with the integration of comrades from Andalusia and Madrid. At the same time, comrades from Germany have also joined the IWU-FI. In this way, the International Workers’ Unity – Fourth International (IWU-FI) is being strengthened in order to continue its construction in Europe.
It is a big step forward in the context of the deepening crisis of the capitalist-imperialist system and the counter-offensive that the far-right Donald Trump intends to carry out. If anything showed the decadence of capitalism, it was the unprecedented collapse of the electrical grid and subsequent blackout that began on April 28th, which left the Spanish State, Portugal and parts of southern France without electricity for more than 12 hours. An electricity system that, should be noted, is run by private company networks.
The conference was held in the auditorium of the Cotxeres de Sants Civic Centre, in Barcelona. Delegations from Catalonia, Valencia, Madrid and Andalusia took part in the conference. International delegations of the IWU-FI were also present, with Nuno Geraldes, from United Workers (TU) from Portugal, Eugenio Gemmo and Favio Neri representing the Marxist Revolutionary League Movement (M-LMR) from Italy, comrade Belize, for the Workers’ Democracy Party (IDP) from Turkey, two comrades from Germany, and Miguel Sorans for the International Executive Committee (CEI) and the Socialist Left (IS) from Argentina. Greetings were also sent from the Socialist Workers’ Current (CST) from Brazil, the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSL) from Venezuela, the Socialist Workers’ Movement (MST) from Chile, the Revolutionary Working People’s Alternative (ARPT) from Bolivia, and the Movement for Socialism (MAS) from Mexico.
The honorary presidency went to the resistance of the Palestinian and Ukrainian peoples. Josep Lluís del Alcázar opened the debate by presenting his repors on the international situation, and Cristina Mas, on the Palestinian resistance and the Middle East; Cristina Darriba and David Pérez reported on the political situation in the Spanish State, with M. Esther del Alcázar giving an update on party construction. The resolutions and the new board were then voted on.
On Saturday 26th there was an act in which the following spoke for LI: Cristina Mas (Catalonia), Andrés (Madrid), David Pérez (Andalusia), Miguel Sorans (CEI of the IWU-FI), with Cristina Darriba closing the session. A special greeting was given by David Orta, president of the committee of the chemical company AkzoNobel (ex Titan), currently fighting against a wave of lay-offs.
Then there was a celebration of 25 years of Lucha Internacionalista and 200th edition of their press-newspaper.
The extraordinary conference was closed by singing, with raised fists, the Internationale.
