[Classics] In Defence Of Marxism Index [CLASSICS] IN DEFENCE OF MARXISM INTRODUCTION TO 2010 EDITION A LETTER TO JAMES P. CANNON THE USSR IN WAR A LETTER TO SHERMAN STANLEY AGAIN, AND ONCE MORE AGAIN ON THE NATURE OF THE USSR THE REFERENDUM AND DEMOCRATIC CENTRALISM A LETTER TO SHERMAN STANLEY (2) A LETTER TO JAMES P. CANNON (2) A LETTER TO MAX SHACHTMAN A LETTER TO JAMES P. CANNON (3) A PETTY-BOURGEOIS OPPOSITION IN THE SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY A LETTER TO JOHN G. WRIGHT A LETTER TO MAX SHACHTMAN (2) FOUR LETTERS TO THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE MAJORITY A LETTER TO JOSEPH HANSEN AN OPEN LETTER TO COMRADE BURNHAM A LETTER TO JAMES P. CANNON (4) A LETTER TO FARRELL DOBBS A LETTER TO JOHN G. WRIGHT (2) A LETTER TO JAMES P. CANNON (5) A LETTER TO WILLIAM F. WARDE A LETTER TO JOSEPH HANSEN (2) FROM A SCRATCH – TO THE DANGER OF GANGRENE A LETTER TO MARTIN ABERN TWO LETTERS TO ALBERT GOLDMAN BACK TO THE PARTY ‘SCIENCE AND STYLE’ A LETTER TO JAMES P. CANNON (6) A LETTER TO JOSEPH HANSEN (3) THREE LETTERS TO FARRELL DOBBS PETTY-BOURGEOIS MORALISTS AND THE PROLETARIAN PARTY BALANCE SHEET OF THE FINNISH EVENTS A LETTER TO JAMES P. CANNON (7) A LETTER TO ALBERT GOLDMAN ON THE ‘WORKERS’ PARTY ON A PETTY-BOURGEOIS PHILISTINE A LETTER TO CHRIS ANDREWS APPENDIX ALL PAGES Page 1 of 39This book is correctly regarded as one of Trotsky's finest classics. It is a product of a sharp polemic within the American Trotskyist movement during the period 1939-40. This was a dispute which touched on the very fundamentals of Marxism. It was for this reason that Trotsky himself participated in this struggle in the form of a series of articles and letters that are brought together in this volume.The issues covered concern the essence of Marxist theory and deal with such questions as: The class nature of the Soviet state. The defence of the Soviet Union against imperialist attack. Bolshevik principles of organisation. Dialectical Materialism. This book is Trotsky at his best: profound, concise and theoretically razor sharp.Written: 1939/40First Published: In Defense of Marxism, New York 1942Marxist.com version: Taken from Wellred 2019 print edition, converted to HTML March 2020Contents Introduction to 2010 Edition (by Rob Sewell) A Letter to James P. Cannon The USSR in War A Letter to Sherman Stanley Again, and Once More Again on the Nature of the USSR The Referendum and Democratic Centralism A Letter to Sherman Stanley A Letter to James P. Cannon A Letter to Max Shachtman A Letter to James P. Cannon A Petty-Bourgeois Opposition in the SWP A Letter to John G. Wright A Letter to Max Shachtman Four Letters to the National Committee Majority A Letter to Joseph Hansen An Open Letter to Comrade Burnham A Letter to James P. Cannon) A Letter to Farrell Dobbs A Letter to John G. Wright A Letter to James P. Cannon A Letter to William F. Warde A Letter to Joseph Hansen From a Scratch – To the Danger of Gangrene A Letter to Martin Abern Two Letters to Albert Goldman Back to the Party ‘Science and Style’ A Letter to James P. Cannon A Letter to Joseph Hansen Three Letters to Farrell Dobbs Petty-Bourgeois Moralists and the Proletarian Party Balance Sheet of the Finnish Events A Letter to James P. Cannon A Letter to Albert Goldman On the ‘Workers’ Party On A Petty-Bourgeois Philistine A Letter to Chris Andrews APPENDIX Science and Style (by James Burnham) Letter of Resignation (by James Burnham) Next