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A critical assessment of the political career of Gerry Healy (1913-1989), longtime leader of the Fourth International, whose struggle in the British and international Trotskyist movement spanned five decades, until his break with the International Committee in 1985. Learn More

Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) – the leader of the Russian Revolution and Stalin’s unyielding opponent – remains an immensely controversial figure seventy years after his assassination in Mexico City. In this collection of essays and lectures, David North, an authority on Soviet history, examines the disputes surrounding Trotsky’s life and ideas and explains their contemporary relevance.


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Leon Sedov, the son of Leon Trotsky and Natalia Sedova, was the victim of a medical murder organized by the Stalinist GPU in February 1938. This pamphlet contains three articles: The first is Trotsky's moving tribute to his son, friend and fellow fighter written just days after hearing the terrible news of Sedov's death. The second is an appreciation of Trotsky and Sedov written by Natalia, which includes an account of the GPU's attempt on Trotsky's life on May 24, 1940. The final part is a letter written by Trotsky in 1938 to the French legal authorities demanding an inquiry into Sedov's death. Learn More

Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) ranks among the greatest and most controversial figures in the political history of the 20th century. During his lifetime, he was the target of a vicious campaign of lies orchestrated by the Stalinist regime in the Soviet Union, which culminated in the assassination of the exiled revolutionary leader. Nearly 70 years after Trotsky's death, long-discredited Stalinist distortions and falsifications of his ideas and actions are finding their way into mainstream academic literature. In this penetrating analysis of two recently published biographies of Trotsky by Professors Geoffrey Swain and Ian Thatcher, two well-known British historians, David North raises troubling questions about the state of contemporary historical scholarship. Learn More

The 1985-86 split by the British Workers Revolutionary Party with the International Committee of the Fourth International involved fundamental questions of Marxist program and perspective. This set contains major writings relating to this vital political experience of the Trotskyist movement, including: "Gerry Healy and His Place in the History of the Fourth International"; "How the Workers Revolutionary Party Betrayed Trotskyism"; and "The ICFI Defends Trotskyism". Learn More

This document was adopted in January 2010 by the founding congress of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), Learn More

This statement was unanimously adopted by the founding Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) held August 3-9, 2008. Learn More

The Socialist Equality Party Bundle provides an introduction to the history of the Socialist Equality Party and its predecessor, the Workers League. It reviews the strategic experiences through which the SEP and the international Trotskyist movement have passed over the course of the 20th century. Learn More