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The article goes into painstaking detail about the events leading up to the CWI split. But it says very little about the ideological basis of the split. It would be good to add some explanation of the key ideas of the ISA and how they differ from other organisations. ابو علي (Abu Ali) (talk) 06:50, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It would be good if you stopped trying to use Wikipedia to promote websites of a group you appear to belong to and stopped using POV descriptions. And no, I'm not affiliated to the ISA, however if you are a member of either organization you may be in violation of WP:COI. Sowny (talk) 09:08, 27 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Needs more encyclopaedic content

I think someone should put in the intro a reference to publications and campaigns, historical relevance (e.g. the Repeal campaign in Ireland, elected reps), more factual content. an encyclopaedia article that just describes the split is a bit unbalanced & not very encyclopaedic. 203.59.114.107 (talk) 12:54, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request: lead paragraphs

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

I think that the lead-paragraphs could be improved. Think about how a fresh reader, who knows nothing of CWI or ISA history, would understand it. More detail - to an extent bending towards ISA's POV, where it's clear that it is ISA's POV - can follow in the history section. I say this wearing my Wikipedian hat more than my CWI hat.

The paragraph currently reads:

International Socialist Alternative is an international association of Trotskyist political parties.

The group was founded in 1974 as the Committee for a Workers' International, by supporters of Militant from 12 countries. In August 2019, a faction left and formed a separate organisation called the "refounded CWI". After initially calling themselves the "CWI Majority", the remaining group relaunched under the name International Socialist Alternative in February 2020. The ISA has groups in 31 countries.

I suggest that it should instead read:

International Socialist Alternative (ISA) is an international association of Trotskyist political parties. It claims group in 31 countries.

ISA was founded in 1974 as the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI), by supporters of Militant from 12 countries. Following a split in 2019, in which one side continued under the name CWI, the group renamed itself International Socialist Alternative.

The intention here is to provide a simple and easy to read introduction. If you have alternative phrasing that is equally simple to read, then please propose that too. Golightlys (talk) 00:13, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds sensible. Wellington Bay (talk) 00:15, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Rusalkii (talk) 01:13, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]