Joseph Carter
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Joseph Carter was the pseudonym of Joseph Friedman, a founding member of the American Trotskyist movement.
Friedman was the original editor of Labor Action, the official organ of the Workers Party, the organization established by James Burnham
, Max Shachtman
, and Martin Abern
in April 1940 following their departure from the Socialist Workers Party.
Friedman was the original editor of Labor Action, the official organ of the Workers Party, the organization established by James Burnham
James Burnham
James Burnham was an American popular political theorist, best known for his influential work The Managerial Revolution, published in 1941. Burnham was a radical activist in the 1930s and an important factional leader of the American Trotskyist movement. In later years he left Marxism and produced...
, Max Shachtman
Max Shachtman
Max Shachtman was an American Marxist theorist. He evolved from being an associate of Leon Trotsky to a social democrat and mentor of senior assistants to AFL-CIO President George Meany.-Beginnings:...
, and Martin Abern
Martin Abern
Martin Abern was a Marxist politician who was an important leader of the Communist youth movement of the 1920s as well as a founder of the American Trotskyist movement.-Early years:...
in April 1940 following their departure from the Socialist Workers Party.
External links
- Production for the Sake of Production: A Reply to Carter by J. R. Johnson (pen name of C.L.R. James)