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In two volumes, ‘Leftward Ho!’ features selected writings, originally published 1928–1948, by US-based independent and dissenting Marxists on a wide range of topics: political economy, anti-imperialism, mass culture, critiques of women’s and racial oppression, and more. We feature work of distinguished authors, some of whom initially, in the first years of the Great Depression, stood with the Communist Party but from 1933 to 1937 moved toward a Marxian-socialist critique of Soviet government and the ‘Stalinist’ politics of the Third (Communist) International. We survey salient debates within these critical circles and then recount the story of ‘intellectuals in retreat’ from Marxism (and those persistent radicals who challenged them) from the early 1940s up to 1948, dubbed ‘the last year of the Thirties’ by socialist writer and organizer Michael Harrington (1928–1989).
Price: $190.00
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Historical Materialism Book Series
Publication Date:
15 October 2026
ISBN: 9789004767010
Format: Hardcover
Howard Brick (PhD, University of Michigan) is Louis Evans Professor of History, Emeritus at the University of Michigan. He has published on US intellectual, cultural, and political history including most recently At the Center: American Thought and Culture in the Mid-Twentieth Century, with Casey Nelson Blacke and Daniel H. Borus.
Renny Hahamovitch (PhD Candidate, University of Michigan) is a historian of American science, technology, and political economy. He has also published on the history of transatlantic radical politics.
Brian Whitener (PhD, University of Michigan) is an Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Buffalo and author of Crisis Cultures: The Rise of Finance in Mexico and Brazil (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019). He also co-directs The Communal Hypothesis research group.
Paul Le Blanc (PhD, University of Pittsburgh), is La Roche University emeritus professor of history. Specializing on labor and socialist history in the United States, Russia, Germany, and the world, he is general editor of “Dissident Marxism in the United States.”
Renny Hahamovitch (PhD Candidate, University of Michigan) is a historian of American science, technology, and political economy. He has also published on the history of transatlantic radical politics.
Brian Whitener (PhD, University of Michigan) is an Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Buffalo and author of Crisis Cultures: The Rise of Finance in Mexico and Brazil (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019). He also co-directs The Communal Hypothesis research group.
Paul Le Blanc (PhD, University of Pittsburgh), is La Roche University emeritus professor of history. Specializing on labor and socialist history in the United States, Russia, Germany, and the world, he is general editor of “Dissident Marxism in the United States.”