Militant Non-Marxist

The Unbroken Thread, the Development of Trotskyism over 40 Years. By Ted Grant, Fortress Books, London, 1989. £6.95.

This is a collection of some of the principal writings of Ted Grant, the founder of the “Revolutionary Socialist League” (more popularly known as “Militant”). The Introduction argues that in the decades since the Second World War:

“Grant has defended the method of Marxism against all kinds of alien ideas. What makes this achievement all the more remarkable is that this has been a period, for the most part, of economic upswing and political reaction … it is to one person alone that the credit must go for the maintenance and development of Marxist theory in this most difficult period.”