Legacy of Sam Marcy, 1911-1998

Sam Marcy, one of the leading Marxist thinkers of the post-World War II era, was a founder of Workers World Party.

Since 1959 when the first issue of Workers World newspaper was published, Marcy has become known internationally for his application of Marxism to contemporary issues.

Marcy’s penetrating analyses have made his writings widely demanded. Selections of his works have been translated into many languages, including Spanish, Farsi, Turkish, Korean, French and German.

Marcy’s works are some of the most important contemporary Marxist writings on the Cold War era and the rise of the powerful military-industrial complex, the revolutionary civil rights struggles of the 1960s, the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War, the economic forces behind capitalist down sizing, the impact of the scientific-technological revolution and a revolutionary working class strategy to fight back.

Of course, in the best Marxist tradition, Marcy was not only a thinker and writer. He was also an organizer and activist. For example, Marcy was a leading organizer of the first demonstration in the United States against the Vietnam War.

Read a brief biography of Sam Marcy by Deirdre Griswold

Articles

Here are Marcy's articles from 1989 through 1995, which appeared in Workers World newspaper as well as the books and pamphlets he wrote from 1972 on.

Articles in chronological order

• Articles from 1989
• Articles from 1990
• Articles from 1991
• Articles from 1992
• Articles from 1993
• Articles from 1994
• Articles from 1995

Articles in subject order

• Articles grouped by subjects

Most of these books are available to be read online. Some may be available as a downloadable PDF. Printed copies may be available though our main office.

Perestroika:
A Marxist Critique [1990]

High Tech, Low Pay
[1986]

The Bolsheviks
and War [1985]

The Klan &
the Government [1983]

Anatomy of the
Economic Crisis [1982]

Poland: Behind the
Crisis [1982]

Reindustrialization:
The Menace Behind
the Promise [1981]

Generals Over the
White House [1980]

Imperialism and
the Crisis in the
Socialist Camp [1979]

Eurocommunism:
New Form of
Reformism [1978]

Czechoslovakia 1968:
The Class Character
of the Events [1978]

The Class Character
of the USSR [1977]

China: the Suppression
of the Left [1977]

China: The Struggle
Within [1972]

Topical pamphlets published in a small format

• Free trade, monopoly and NAFTA [1993]
• A Marxist Defense of the L.A. Rebellion [1992]
• Soviet Socialism: Utopian or Scientific? [1992]
• What the banks did to Poland [1988]
• Problems of the Soviet Economic Reforms [1988]
• Wall Street Crash [1988]
• The Superconductor Revolution[1987]
• Comments on the Communist Manifesto [1983]
• Chrysler and the UAW [1981]
• Capitalist economic stagnation & the
  revolutionary perspective [1975]
• Busing and Self-Determination [1975]
• Portugal — Revolutionary Developments April 1974 — Dec. 1975 [nd]

A series of (mostly short) videos of Sam speaking on various issues.