Marxism for Our Times

Within these works, James seeks to situate himself within the classical Marxist tradition while rejecting the Vanguard Party as unsuitable for our times. The writings in this collection begin in the 1940s, when Marxists were wrestling with acts that many deemed betrayals of the revolution-Stalin's pact with Hitler and the war in Europe. They end in the late sixties just before the dissolution of the "Tendency, " the American Marxist organization founded on James's principles.