In Defense of Marxism Against the Petty Bourgeois Opposition in the Socialist Workers Party [Original 1942 edition]

This seminal work by Leon Trotsky that captures the fierce ideological battles within the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Written by one of the foremost leaders of the Russian Revolution and a key figure in the development of Marxist theory, this book is an impassioned defense of Marxist principles against what Trotsky perceived as deviations and betrayals within the party. Trotsky's work is a response to the internal conflicts that arose within the SWP, particul