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Revolutionary Socialist Alliance/4th International (Germany)
Revolutionär Sozialistischer Bund/IV. Internationale
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~7:4 image by Marcus Schmöger, 20 Jun 2002
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Introduction
Trotskysts are quite splintered in Germany, and frequently the different
groups are fierce rivals. The RSB (Revolutionär Sozialistischer Bund
/ Vierte Internationale, Revolutionary Socialist Alliance / Fourth
International), founded in 1994, has about 300 members. It took part only
in one state parliament (Landtag) election, namely in Baden-Württemberg
in 2001 (0,003% of the votes).
Marcus Schmöger, 20 Jun 2002
Description
The RSB obviously has no really official party flag; however, home-made
flags are shown at demonstrations. One was displayed at the 1st May 2002
demonstration in Munich: red cloth, two hands
holding hammer and sickle, respectively, outlined white, beneath the inscription
"RSB" also white. The whole flag was higher than wide, about 7:4, and looked
quite home-made. From the party headquarters I got only a rough description
of a flag, that seems to be different, though.
Sources: author's own observations at the 1st May 2001 and 2002
demonstrations in Munich; RSB website;
Verfassungsschutzberichte or Reports of the Office for the Protection
of the Constitution at the Verfassungsschutz
website
Marcus Schmöger, 20 Jun 2002
RSB horizontal flag
image by Marcus Schmöger, 9 Apr 2002
All the flags are obviously homemade. The variant I had reported last
year was a vertical one ("Knatterfahne" type). On 5 Apr I saw this horizontal
version.
Marcus Schmöger, 9 Apr 2002