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Carl Davidson

Left in Form,

Right in Essence

A Critique of Contemporary Trotskyism

(1973)



This pamphlet was originally published as a series of 12 articles in early 1973 in the Guardian newsweekly.

Second printing Spring 1974.

Transcribed & marked up by Einde O’Callaghan for the Encyclopaedia of Trotskyism On-Line (ETOL).

What is the role of Trotskyism in the people’s struggles today? What are its historical origins and what new forms has it taken in recent times? These are the questions addressed in this pamphlet, which first appeared as a 12-part series in the Guardian in the Spring of 1973.

Trotskyism: A new debate over old issues



Two lines on “permanent revolution”



Socialism in one country



The two-stage revolution



The national liberation struggle



Trotskyism and China today



United front against fascism



Origins of U.S. Trotskyism



National and class struggle



The woman question



Reform or revolution?



The vanguard party

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