International Socialists (Netherlands)

International Socialists (Dutch: Internationale Socialisten, abbreviated IS) is a revolutionary, Trotskyist organisation in the Netherlands.

[2] The IS believes that real change in the Netherlands can only come through revolution, although it is not opposed in principle to electoral work.

The IS sees itself as standing in the tradition of people like Leon Trotsky, Vladimir Lenin and Rosa Luxemburg.

Politically, the IS is located on the left of more mainstream leftwing parties like the Socialistische Partij and GroenLinks.

Every year, the IS organises its own 'Marxism Festival', which is open to anybody interested, in which the more theoretical issues of socialism and activism are discussed.