The 1619 Project and the falsification of history: An analysis of the New York Times’ reply to five historians
This pamphlet presents a Marxist analysis of the reply by Jake Silverstein, editor of the New York Times Magazine, to five prominent historians who requested that the Times correct historical falsifications upon which the Times’ 1619 Project is based.
Bolsheviks Against Stalinism 1928–1933; Leon Trotsky and the Left Opposition
Rogovin traces the inner-party struggles of 1928-1933, utilizing official documents; speeches and articles of the time; Soviet archival material; memoirs of participants in contemporary political life; and documents by oppositionists in various groups that were unknown to Soviet readers for many decades.
Available in two formats: with some illustrations in color or all illustrations in black and white.
Agents: The FBI and GPU Infiltration of the Trotskyist Movement
Agents: The FBI and GPU Infiltration of the Trotskyist Movement uses archival evidence to shed new light on how the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union spied on and infiltrated the world Trotskyist movement from the 1930s through the 1980s.
Why Are They Back? Historical Falsification, Political Conspiracy, and the Return of Fascism in Germany
The appointment of Adolf Hitler in January 1933 as Chancellor of Germany was the outcome not of an election, but of a political conspiracy involving a small number of senior military and government officials headed by General Paul von Hindenburg. Its horrific consequences were World War II, the Holocaust and the destruction of tens of millions of lives.
A Quarter Century of War: The US Drive for Global Hegemony 1990 – 2016
Beginning with the first Persian Gulf conflict of 1990–91, the United States has been at war continuously for a quarter century. While using propaganda catchphrases, such as “defense of human rights” and “War on Terror,” to conceal the real aims of its interventions in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa, as well as its confrontation with Russia and China, the United States has been engaged in a struggle for global hegemony.
The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
One hundred years after the outbreak of World War I and the Russian Revolution, none of the problems of the twentieth century—devastating wars, economic crises, social inequality, and the threat of dictatorship—have been solved. In fact, they are posed even more sharply today.
In Defense of Leon Trotsky (second edition)
David North defends Trotsky’s legacy against the campaign of historical falsification begun by Stalin and continuing to this day. While Stalin assassinated Trotsky in 1940, he was unable to silence the Fourth International, founded to embody the revolutionary heritage of 1917.
The Frankfurt School, Postmodernism and the Politics of the Pseudo-Left: A Marxist Critique
The polemical essays in this volume examine the complex interaction between history, philosophy and politics. The author defends historical materialism against contemporary anti-Marxist philosophical tendencies related to the Frankfurt School and postmodernism.
The Heritage We Defend (30th Anniv. Edition): A Contribution to the History of the Fourth International
The 2018 edition of the foundational 1988 work by David North, chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, contains a new preface, photo section, and an extensive glossary.
In Defense of Leon Trotsky (second edition)
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The Russian Revolution and the Unfinished Twentieth Century
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The Crisis of American Democracy
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David North introduces Turkish-language edition of In Defense of Leon Trotsky at Istanbul Book Fair
Mehring Yayıncılık announced the publication of five major works by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) at its Istanbul Book Fair stall, including two authored by David North.
Vadim Rogovin and the sociology of Stalinism
September 18, 2018 marked the 20th anniversary of the death of Soviet Marxist historian and sociologist Vadim Rogovin, the author of a seven-volume series on Stalinism and the Marxist opposition to the Soviet bureaucracy.
Preface to the thirtieth anniversary edition of The Heritage We Defend
It is my hope that the republication of The Heritage We Defend will contribute to the revolutionary education of a new generation of workers and youth, radicalized by the objective crisis of capitalism, in the history, program and traditions of the Fourth International ~ David North