Our Institute was founded in 1981 on the initiative of among others, Ernest Mandel (1923 – 1995). Mandel was one of the most creative and prolific revolutionary Marxists in the post-war world. In five decades of theoretical work, he published some 2000 articles and 30 books.

A video message from Gregor Benton at the launch of ''Memoirs of a Critical Communist. Towards a history of the Fourth International''. Benton reflects on Livio Maitan, and what Maitan's work meant for him.