Max Shachtman
Max Shachtman
Max Shachtman was an American Marxist theorist. He went from being an associate of Leon Trotsky to a social democrat and mentor of senior assistants to AFL–CIO President George Meany. The Marxist tendency associated with his beliefs is known as Shachtmanism.
". . . The imperialism of the bureaucratic-collectivist states is different from that of the capitalist states. But the economic motive forces behind the one are no less powerful than in the case of the other. Only ignoramuses – people who know nothing about history and nothing about Lenins theory of imperialism – can conceive of imperialism as a phenomenon unique to capitalist society."
Max Shachtman". . . Neither Washington nor Moscow but the Third Camp of Independent Socialism!"
Max Shachtman". . . the Negro in Africa had reared mighty empires, and astonishingly advanced achievements are linked with his race in the annals of mankind."
Max Shachtman". . . You have discovered the class struggle, or rather its reflection, in the ranks of the party."
Max Shachtman
