{"product_id":"in-defense-of-marxism-leon-trotsky","title":"IN DEFENSE OF MARXISM - Leon Trotsky","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the world in which the lessons of Trotsky’s In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDefense of Marxism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are needed more than ever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pathfinder Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50531939909867,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/8286\/8620\/files\/INDEFENSEOFMARXISM.jpg?v=1790367711","url":"https:\/\/librerialaberintopr.com\/products\/in-defense-of-marxism-leon-trotsky","provider":"Libreria Laberinto","version":"1.0","type":"link"}