A Leninist vanguard party dying in a foreign land: 1956: the fading revolution

Part of an apparently unfinished work on the "vanguard party" experience, Stan Weir writes about a weekend with Max Shachtman, as the Hungarian Revolution was happening.

Originally appeared in Against the Current (September/October 1992)
Also appears in 'Singlejack Solidarity'
Scanned by Juan Conatz
Provided by Workers Solidarity Alliance archives in New York

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