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Maurice Spector, James R Cannon, and the Origins of Canadian Trotskyism
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- Palmer, Bryan D. (Author)
Title
Maurice Spector, James R Cannon, and the Origins of Canadian Trotskyism
Abstract
The article discusses communism in Canada. The study of communism is stated to have generated less new work and little controversy. Issues concerning bureaucratism of Comintern, Stalinization and transformation of the Left in 1920s are explored by comparing the political histories of Maurice Spector and James P. Cannon. In late 1928, Spector and Cannon abandoned Stalinism and embraced Trotskyism. The efforts made by Spector and Cannon to keep alive the revolutionary potential of Bolshevism highlights the importance of the subjective realm in the construction of a left opposition.
Publication
Labour / Le Travail
Volume
56
Pages
91-148
Date
Fall 2005
Journal Abbr
Labour / Le Travail
ISSN
07003862
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4/23/15, 9:06 PM
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EBSCOhost
Citation
Palmer, B. D. (2005). Maurice Spector, James R Cannon, and the Origins of Canadian Trotskyism. Labour / Le Travail, 56, 91–148. http://www.lltjournal.ca/index.php/llt/article/view/5382
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