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Letter to Max Shachtman, July 1, 1931
| Author(s) | Leon Trotsky |
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| Written | 1 July 1931 |
Miscellaneous Information
Dear Comrade Shachtman:
I am writing to you and through you to the National Committee.
(1) Comrade Miller, whose coming was announced, has not yet arrived. We are somewhat disturbed about this. Naturally we are looking forward to him with the greatest joy and when he comes we will endeavor to keep him as long as possible.
(2) I have already written to you somewhat in jest about the impression that your recent edition of The Permanent Revolution created here. But speaking quite seriously, I am unusually overjoyed at the fact that it is our publishing house which is now able to get out larger books too with such exemplary care and that these works find a market in America. In general, I believe that the American League has pretty well found a balance between theoretical-propagandist and agitational work, and that precisely because of that its development, up to a certain point, will proceed slowly but surely, and then, it is to be hoped, quantity will turn into quality.
(3) The Spanish revolution offers the Left Opposition the best platform for a systematic offensive against the official party. Here we have the possibility day in and day out to interpret the events from our point of view, and on the basis of the events to demonstrate the hollowness of the official [CPâs] perspectives. I hope that the American friends will devote the necessary attention to the Spanish revolution.
(4) The article, âThe Strangled Revolution,â you will find in the latest number of the Biulleten, number 21-22. I am enclosing a second small article in which I polemicize with Malraux. Since you have comrades who understand Russian, I will send you direct from now on all letters, circulars, and so forth, which may have a political importance. Three are enclosed.
(5) I received a very gratifying letter from Nin. The conference went off very well. The internal misunderstandings are eliminated. Nin spoke of great success in mass meetings in Madrid and elsewhere. I believe that we will make progress in Spain.
L.D. Trotsky