International Trotskyism, 1929-1985: A Documented Analysis of the Movement

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Duke University Press, 1991 - Biography & Autobiography - 1125 pages
In a work of encyclopedic scope, International Trotskyism, 1929-1985 is sure to become the definitive reference work on a movement that has had a significant impact on the political culture of countries in every part of the world for more than half a century.
Renowned scholar Robert J. Alexander has amassed, from disparate sources, an unprecedented amount of primary and secondary material to provide a documentary history of the origins, development, and nature of the Trotskyist movement around the world. Drawing on interviews and correspondence with Trotskyists, newspaper reports and pamphlets, historical writings including the annotated writings of Trotsky in both English and French, historical memoirs of Trotskyist leaders, and documents of the Fourth International, Alexander recounts the history of the movement since Trotsky's exile from the Soviet Union in 1929.
Organized alphabetically in a double-column, country-by-country format this book charts the formation and growth of Trotskyism in more than sixty-five countries, providing biographic information about its most influential leaders, detailed accounts of Trotsky's personal involvement in the development of the movement in each country, and thorough reports of its various factions and splits. Multiple chapters are reserved for countries where the movement was more active or fully developed and various chapters are organized around crucial thematic issues, such as the Fourth International. The chapters are followed by extensive name, organization, publication, and subject indexes, which provide optimal access to the wealth of information contained in the main body of the work.
 

Contents

Some General Characteristics
22
Argentine Trotskyism
37
The First Phase of Australian
53
Austrian Trotskyism
80
Belgian Trotskyism During
106
Trotskyism in Brazil
131
Canadian Trotskyism
144
Split and Decline of Ceylon
176
Trotskyism in Iraq
567
Trotskyism in Israel
577
Italian Trotskyism
586
Trotskyism in Jamaica
598
Lutte Ouvrière Tendency
605
Moroccan Trotskyism
618
Trotskyism in New Zealand
629
Trotskyism in Panama
636

Chilean Trotskyism
194
Trotskyism in Colombia
224
Cuban Trotskyism
228
Danish Trotskyism
237
Trotskyism in the Dominican
247
Fomento Obrero Revolucionario
465
From
481
World War II
516
Split
535
339
544
New
551
Polish Trotskyism
647
Trotskyism in Portugal
653
Posadista Fourth International
659
Trotskyism in Puerto Rico
666
Other United
973
The 1952
1005
Spanish Trotskyism Until
1032
Ouvrière and Other French
1078
Trotskyism in the French
1100
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