ITALIAN TROTSKYISTS PUBLISH NEW MAGAZINE
The Italian Trotskyist movement has launched an attractive new magazine, Quarta Internazionale [Fourth International],* as the quarterly theoretical organ of the Gruppi Communisti Rivolu- Zionari [Revolutionary Communist Group], Italian section of the Fourth International. The appearance of this journal follows the Italian Trotskyists' recent expansion of their paper, Bandiera Rossa.
Introductory articles commemorating the death of Che Guevara and the October Revolution set the tone of the first issue, linking a long revolutionary tradition with the revolutionary struggles of today.
The principal article is an analy-
* The subscription price is 1,000 lire (US$1.75] for one year. Subscriptions may be obtained from Quarta Internazionale, Via Cavour 96, 00184 Rome, Italy. sis of the cultural revolution in China by Ernest Germain. It is an extensive and detailed study of the issues, the forces involved and the economic background and implications.
Another major article, by Joseph Hansen, discusses the OLAS [Organizacién Latinoamericana de Solidaridad -- Latin- American Solidarity Organization] conference and the continental strategy of the Latin-American revolutionaries.
Also included in this issue are Leon Trotsky's discussions with some of his followers on the revolutionary potential of the black people in the United States.
Important layers are breaking with the traditional reformist parties and seeking a revolutionary road in Italy. They will find much to attract their interest in Quarta Internazionale. The substance and lively format of its first issue are promising.