Pier Lamber French Trotskyist, leader of the International Communist Current in the Workers' Party. Country: France

Biography of Pierre Lambert

Pierre Lambert was a French Trotskyist and the leader of the International Communist Current within the Workers' Party. He was born in Paris to a Jewish family that had emigrated from Russia. Lambert became actively involved in the Trotskyist movement before World War II, joining the International Communist Party led by Raymond Molinier.

After the war, Lambert continued his activist work as a member of the unified French section of the Fourth International - the International Communist Party (ICP). The ICP was known for its focus on the trade union movement and lacked a clear position on international issues.

In 1952, the ICP split into two rival groups, with Lambert and Marcel Bleibtreu opposing the long-term entryism tactic proposed by Michel Pablo, the secretary of the Fourth International. The split was also fueled by disagreements over Pablo's theory of a transitional society between capitalism and socialism lasting several centuries.

In 1953, Lambert and Bleibtreu participated in the formation of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). However, Lambert opposed the majority decision of the ICFI to reunite with the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in the United States and, together with Gerry Healy, the leader of the British Socialist Workers League, continued their work within the ICFI.

In 1954, during the Algerian War of Independence, disagreements arose between Lambert and Bleibtreu regarding tactics in supporting national liberation movements. In 1955, Bleibtreu and his supporters were expelled from the ICP.

The tensions between the International Communist Organization (the name adopted by Lambert's group from 1967) and Healy's Socialist Labour League led to the withdrawal of the ICO from the ICFI in 1971. Lambert's supporters formed the Organizing Committee for the Reconstruction of the Fourth International (OCRFI). The OCRFI had a series of discussions with the Fourth International in 1973 and 1974.

In 1979, a merger was attempted with the group led by Nahuel Moreno, but this union only lasted until the mid-1980s. In 1991, Lambert was one of the founders of the Workers' Party, in which his organization operates as the International Communist Current.

In 1988, Lambert participated in the French presidential elections under his real name, receiving the support of 116,823 people and gaining 0.39% of the votes.