Legacy of Sam Marcy, 1911-1998



Introduction


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 in subject order

 

Books and Pamphlets


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.








Topical pamphlets published in a small format

 
 

Slideshow


Videos

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


Sam Marcy: Lenin’s Concept of a Party


Sam Marcy: administration & politics


Sam Marcy: precedence of finance


Sam Marcy: On monopoly & imperialism


Sam Marcy: Capitalism is Transitory


Sam Marcy: Bourgeois vs Marxist Thought


Sam Marcy: Dialectical Historical Materialism


Sam Marcy: Avoid Chauvinism


Sam Marcy: Proletarian Internationalism


Sam Marcy: Effect of USSR Collapse on empire


Sam Marcy: political collapse but socialized economy


Sam Marcy: Capitalist Collapse rescued by war


Sam Marcy: Importance of Revolutionary Marxist Theory


Deirdre Griswold on Sam Marcy


Sam Marcy: A workers’ state


Sam Marcy: The Paris Commune


Sam Marcy: Where is it all going?


Sam Marcy: On recruitment


Sam Marcy: on Somalia, Cuba


Sam Marcy: Views of Lenin & Trotsky 1917

A longer talk (1:25:40) from 1993


A Talk from November 1993 on the period between the Menshevik and Bolshevik revolutions.