August Nimtz uncovers attempts to chart a course between plain opportunism and anarchist rejections of the electoral arena. Instead, electoral campaigns are seen as crucial for developing political education and organization, and as a key way to measure your forces and communicate with the wider population.

As radical left reformist projects, exemplified by Sanders and Corbyn, once again become a political force and the left has to think about what it means to run for office in a capitalist state, it's a good time to look back at how the left has historically conducted such debates.

Author: August H. Nimtz
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Pages: 540pp
Size: 5.5 x 8.25
Notes: paperback
Release Date: November 5, 2019
ISBN: 978-1642590357