Marxism for Our Times: C. L. R. James on Revolutionary Organization

In Marxism for Our Times, editor Martin Glaberman has gathered the writings and theoretical discussions of this noted Caribbean writer. These pamphlets, mimeographs, letters, and lectures by James were nearly inaccessible until now.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.