La Vérité (Trotskyist journal)

La Vérité (The Truth) is the first Trotskyst publication in history, having its first issue published on August 15, 1929, in French. Its name refers to Pravda, which means Truth, and was chosen because Trotskyists believed that the French labor movement needed "Truth therapy".

Initially built by Trotsky, it has gone through several phases in its 95 years of existence. Created to fight against the bureaucratization of the French Communist Party, it became a reference for the labor movement in that country, always being published by organizations linked to Trotskyism. During the Occupation of France by Nazi Germany, it was published clandestinely, becoming the first publication of the French Resistance, and carrying out emblematic campaigns, such as the fight against the Compulsory Work Service deportations and anti-Semitism.

In the early 1970s it began to be published in other languages, such as Portuguese, English and Spanish, and in 1990 it became the Theoretical Review of Fourth International.