In the new edition of this definitive work on the history of the revolutionary socialist current in the United States that came to be identified as 'American Trotskyism', Paul Le Blanc offers fresh reflections on this history for scholars and activists in the twenty-first century. Includes a preface written especially for the new edition of this distinctive work.

James T. Farrell's compelling defense of the Marxist principles of literary criticism was hailed by Edmund Wilson as ""a remarkable event"." Now available in its entirety for the first time is more than five decades, A Note On Literary Criticism liberated a section of the Great Depression's radical intelligentsia from vulgar, over politicized approaches to cultural criticism.

The essays in this volume deal with various aspects of the history of the revolutionary socialist current in the United States that came to be identified as "American Trotskyism". One of the most dynamic currents in the U.S. left from the late 1920s to the 1980s, deeply committed to working class democracy and internationalism, it had an intellectual and political impact well beyond the number of its members. The essays offer the most definitive history of that movement to be produced so far, giving a sense of some of its most colourful personalities and outstanding achievements - as well as its serious limitations. This work is an essential starting point, offering a sample bibliography for those who wish to carry out further research. More than this, the author develops interpretations that confront the meaning of revolutionary politics in the U.S., as they relate the efforts of the Trotskyists to the broader developments of the twentieth century.