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History of British Trotskyism by Ted Grant (Paperback, 2002)

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History of British Trotskyism. Author : Grant, Ted. Used - Good: All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting.

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Ted Grant was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, just before the First World War. He was won to Marxism in the late 1920s by Ralph (Raff) Lee, six years his senior. Lee had been a member of the South African Communist Party since 1922, but was expelled for 'Trotskyism'. Lee, with others including Ted Grant, had made contact with the international Trotskyist movement in 1929 via the American Militant which had been dispatched to South Africa by the American Trotskyists. It changed our lives completely , says Ted, and I started on a political road that spans more than seventy years. In 1934, they constituted themselves as the Bolshevik-Leninist League of South Africa. However, in the autumn, Ted left for Britain with Max Basch. On their journey to Britain, they went to Paris to meet with the French Trotskyists. They met among others, Trotsky's son, Leon Sedov, who was a member of the International Secretariat and co-ordinator of the work of the International. On his arrival in Britain in December 1934, he joined the Marxist Group inside the ILP. Within a few years, given the decline of the ILP, he joined the Labour Party. During the war, Ted became the chief theoretician of the Workers International League and then the Revolutionary Communist Party. These years are fully covered in the book. With the break up of the RCP in 1949, Ted once again joined the Labour Party, but was expelled, along with the Militant editorial board in 1983. An introduction by Rob Sewell serves to bring the 'history' up to date. Ted Grant's contribution has served to preserve the unbroken thread of genuine Trotskyism. This book is a first hand account of the life of a Trotskyist pioneer, and will be an inspiration to all those seeking to change the world.