James Weinstein

About the Author

James Weinstein is the founding editor and publisher of In These Times magazine and was the founder of the Socialist Review. He lives in Chicago, Illinois

Image credit: James Weinstein (1926-2005) courtesy of In These Times (www.inthesetimes.com)

Works by James Weinstein

The Long Detour: The History and Future of the American Left (2003) 43 copies

The Decline of Socialism in America, 1912-1925 (1969) 39 copies

Appeal to Reason: The First 25 Years of In These Times (2001) 19 copies

For a new America; essays in history and politics from Studies on the left, 1959-1967 (1970) — Editor — 18 copies

Ambiguous Legacy: Left in American Politics (1975) 11 copies

Hate Speech, Pornography, And Radical Attacks On Free Speech Doctrine (1999) 6 copies

Storia dell sinistra in America 1 copy

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Associated Works

Socialist Revolution No. 3 (Volume 1, No. 3) May - June 1970 (1970) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1926-07-17
Gender: male

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The Long Detour: The History and Future of the… by James Weinstein

Weinstein has a thesis. I usually have a hard time reading books that come down to a simple thesis, but this one works. His thesis--that Communism ruined the potential of socialism in the United States--is hard to disagree with. Its really a long look at what started out beautiful and powerful, but has led to either a smaller and smaller group of people advocating for the worker, or a group of communist puppets that served at the whim of the Soviets. Whetted my apetite for more about the labor movement and socialism in general.… (more)

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