{"id":8674761670890,"title":"In Defense of Marxism","handle":"in-defense-of-marxism","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew edition coming soon!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAt the start of the second world imperialist slaughter, exiled Russian revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky led the majority leadership of the US Socialist Workers Party to victory in a decisive political struggle. Under pressure from the US capitalists’ accelerating war drive, a minority in the leadership were buckling. They were abandoning Marxism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe articles and letters collected here are not only a record of Trotsky’s leadership of that fight in 1939–40. 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In Defense of Marxism
Introduction by Steve Clark
1973 Introduction by George Novack and Joseph Hansen
Glossary, notes, map, index
Format: Paper
422 Pages
Edition: 5th
Publisher: Pathfinder Press
ISBN: 9781604882247
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