International Group

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The International Group was the name taken by two group of British supporters of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International, both including Bob Pennington and Charlie van Gelderen. In both cases, the Group was formed as a public faction by members loyal to the USec who felt that at particular times the then-current leadership of the British section of the Fourth International had broken with the USec.

1. In 1965, the International Group was formed by split from the Revolutionary Socialist League, centred around former members of the Internationalist Group. In 1969 the IG became the British section of the USec, and changed its name to the International Marxist Group.
2. In 1985, a group split from the International Marxist Group which also called itself the International Group. It later merged with the Socialist Group and became the International Socialist Group, which became the British section of the USec in 1989.