[Classics] In Defence Of Marxism Index [Classics] In Defence Of Marxism Introduction to 2010 Edition A Letter to James P. Cannon The USSR in War A Letter to Sherman Stanley Again, and Once More Again on the Nature of the USSR The Referendum and Democratic Centralism A Letter to Sherman Stanley (2) A Letter to James P. Cannon (2) A Letter to Max Shachtman A Letter to James P. Cannon (3) A Petty-Bourgeois Opposition in the Socialist Workers Party A Letter to John G. Wright A Letter to Max Shachtman (2) Four Letters to the National Committee Majority A Letter to Joseph Hansen An Open Letter to Comrade Burnham A Letter to James P. Cannon (4) A Letter to Farrell Dobbs A Letter to John G. Wright (2) A Letter to James P. Cannon (5) A Letter to William F. Warde A Letter to Joseph Hansen (2) From a Scratch – To the Danger of Gangrene A Letter to Martin Abern Two Letters to Albert Goldman Back to the Party ‘Science and Style’ A Letter to James P. Cannon (6) A Letter to Joseph Hansen (3) Three Letters to Farrell Dobbs Petty-Bourgeois Moralists and the Proletarian Party Balance Sheet of the Finnish Events A Letter to James P. Cannon (7) A Letter to Albert Goldman On the ‘Workers’ Party On A Petty-Bourgeois Philistine A Letter to Chris Andrews Appendix All Pages Page 21 of 39A Letter to James P. Cannon[1]16 January, 1940Dear Friend,What miserable writing is Shachtman’s open letter. Its only merit is that it obliged me to tell him the full truth about his politics. My answer is already dictated, I have only to polish it. Unfortunately, it will not be shorter than my letter to Burnham.L.T.Notes[1] This letter was written by Trotsky in English. Prev Next