Phyllis Jacobson (1922–2010) joined the Trotskyist movement as a high school student during the Depression. She and her husband Julius were active in the Workers Party (1940–1949) and its successor, the Independent Socialist League (1949–1958). They cofounded New Politics in 1961.Paul Heideman is a Ph D student in Sociology at New York University and is a frequent contributor to Jacobin and the Historical Materialism Conference.  Kent Worcester‘s books include C.L.R. James: A Political Biography (1996), Silent Agitators: Cartoon Art From the Pages of New Politics (2009), and A Cultural History of the Punisher: Marvel Comics and the Politics of Vengeance (2023).

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• PrefacePart 1 Social MovementsIntroduction to Part 11 Coalitionism: From Protest to Politicking (1966)Julius Jacobson2 Union Conservatism: A Barrier to Racial Equality (1968)Julius Jacobson3 In Defense of the Young (1970)Julius Jacobson4 The Equal Rights Amendment: Overdue Reform (1972)Phyllis Jacobson5 An Exchange on the ERA (1973)Lois Weiner and Phyllis Jacobson6 Black Outrage in Los Angeles (1992)Phyllis JacobsonPart 2 Left DebatesIntroduction to Part 27 The Relevance of American Socialism (1961)Julius Jacobson8 Isaac Deutscher: The Anatomy of an Apologist (1964 & 1966)Julius Jacobson9 Kate Millett and Her Critics (1970)Phyllis Jacobson10 The Two Deaths of Max Shachtman (1973)Julius Jacobson11 A Time of Assorted Scoundrels (1976)Phyllis JacobsonPart 3 The Russian QuestionIntroduction to Part 312 Reflections on Fascism and Communism (1983)Julius Jacobson13 The “Americanization” of the Communist Party (1986)Phyllis Jacobson14 The Soviet Union is Dead, the “Russian Question” Remains (1996)Julius Jacobson15 The “Russian Question” and World War Two (1995)Julius Jacobson16 The USSR and the Nature of World WarII (1996)Julius JacobsonPart 4 War and PeaceIntroduction to Part 417 War, Realism, and the “Lesser Evil” (1950)Julius Jacobson18 Socialism and Thermonuclear War (1962)Julius Jacobson19 Neo-Stalinism: The Achilles’ Heel of the Peace Movement and the American Left (1976)Julius Jacobson and Laurie Landy20 Pax Americana: The New World Order (1991)Julius Jacobson21 Liberals, the Left, and the US War on Democracy (2002)Julius JacobsonPart 5 Students and TeachersIntroduction to Part522 Our Editorial Policy (1949)Julius Jacobson23 The American Student Movement: A Survey (1949)Julius Jacobson24 Do Communists Have the Right to Teach? (1949)Julius Jacobson25 CP Youth Licked at Student Conference (1950)Julius Jacobson26 Capitalism’s Threat to Democracy (1953)Julius Jacobson27 Civil Liberties and the Philosopher of the Cold War (1953)Julius Jacobson and Gordon HaskellAppendix: Third Camp Politics: An Interview with Phyllis and Julius JacobsonBibliographySelected WritingsIndex