A Critique of Ultra-Leftism, Dogmatism and Sectarianism

A. General Introduction

B. Historical Overview of the Left in the U.S

C. An Analysis of Current Trends on the U.S. Left
1. The Bankruptcy of “Maoism” in the 
2. Advanced Capitalist Countries
3. What Trotskyism Means
4. Social Democracy
5. Reformism
6. Petty Bourgeois Radicalism

D. The Three Principle Banes of the Revolutionary Left
1. Dogmatism
2. Sectarianism
3. Ultra-leftism

E. Some Principle Manifestations of Dogmatism
1. Ethnic Minorities in the U.S
2. Trade Unions and the Worker’s Movement
3. The Women’s Question
4. The Gay Question
5. The Question of the Soviet Union
6. Detente/Peaceful Co-existence

F. Revolution, Violence and Extra-Legality
1. The Meaning of Being Revolutionary
2. The Role of Violence and Extra-Legality
3. The Lessons of Chile
4. Scenarios for Revolution in the Advanced Capitalist Countries

G. Organization, Coalitions and Class Alliances
1. The Role of the Party
2. Unity, United Fronts and Popular Fronts
3. The Role of the Petty-Bourgeoisie
3. Marxist-Leninist Theory and the Modern History of Petty-Bourgeois Movements
4. An Analysis of the Petty-Bourgeoisie as a Class

H. The Causes of Left Errors

I. A Call for the Regroupment of the U.S. Left
1. Seven Revolutionary Currents

J. What Must be Done
1. On the National Level
2. On the Local Level