Beskrivelse
Ted Grant was a well-known figure in the international Marxist movement. He had a significant impact on British politics. When he died all the most important newspapers carried extensive obituaries that recognised this fact.
From his earliest youth in South Africa Ted Grant dedicated his life to the struggle for the emancipation of the working class. Moving to Britain in 1934 to seek new horizons, within a decade he had become the leading theoretician of the Trotskyist movement.
The book deals with the launch of the Fourth International and Ted’s battle to defend the ideas of Trotsky. This brought him into conflict with the leaders of the International after the Second World War. This book explains the important theoretical questions and debates of this period. And it outlines Ted Grant’s important theoretical contribution to Marxism.
Ted was the founder and theoretical inspirer of the Militant Tendency, which Michael Crick once described as the fifth political party in Britain.
The book traces the rise and fall of Militant. It provides a fascinating insight into a subject that remains a closed book to most political analysts even now.
This is a truly amazing story of a truly amazing man, told with style, colour and wit. At the end you will feel that you have known Ted Grant all your life.
The author, Alan Woods, has written many books on Marxism, was influential in the political evolution of Hugo Chavez and is the editor of the website marxist.com. He is a leading figure in the Socialist Appeal and the International Marxist Tendency.
Søgeord: Militant, IMT, Alan Woods, Ted Grant, engelsk
