{"product_id":"in-defense-of-marxism_by-leon-trotsky-introduction-by-steve-clark","title":"In Defense of Marxism","description":"\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. They are an education in the materialist foundations of Marxism, the cornerstone of revolutionary class consciousness and action for workers today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTrotsky sharply poses—and answers—what remains the decisive question for working people the world over: What is the class character and composition of the political leadership the working class must forge to prepare for coming revolutionary battles?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAs conflicts intensify among the world’s dominant capitalist powers, the rulers are once again dragging humanity toward social catastrophes, fascist dictatorships, another Holocaust for the Jews, and a nuclear World War III.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis is the world in which the lessons of Trotsky’s \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Marxism \u003c\/i\u003eare needed more than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo read full review(s), please click the REVIEWS \u0026amp; PROMO tab on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Timely and timeless, this newly published…edition of \u003cem\u003eIn Defense of Marxism\u003c\/em\u003e by Leon Trotsky is a fundamental and unreservedly recommended pick for personal, professional, community, and college\/university library Marxism themed political science collections.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Midwest Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pathfinder Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46040781029610,"sku":"9781604882247","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0481\/2678\/7744\/files\/in-defense-of-marxism_by-leon-trotsky_FC.png?v=1792981876","url":"https:\/\/www.pathfinderpress.com\/products\/in-defense-of-marxism_by-leon-trotsky-introduction-by-steve-clark","provider":"Pathfinder Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}