In Defense of Gerry Healy

Why would mainstream academics and media circles resurrect the name of a long-dead British Trotskyist in the midst of the 2024 U.S. election cycle? What threat does Gerry Healy still pose-decades after his death?

In this sharp, polemical, and unapologetically anti-imperialist work, political analyst Caleb Maupin confronts the legacy of Gerry Healy, founder of the Socialist Labour League and Workers Revolutionary Party of Britain. Responding to a widely promoted liberal hit piece published under Zionist-funded academic channels, Maupin defends Healy not as a flawless figure, but as an important organizer who linked the British working class with the anti-colonial struggles of Libya, Palestine, Iraq, and beyond.

Maupin provides a detailed breakdown of the fractured world of Trotskyism-from the CIA-friendly "Neo-Trotskyists" to the sectarian Orthodox fringe-explaining how admit the confusion Healy formed his wing that stood with the Palestinians and Libya. He exposes how Cold War-era intelligence operations have co-opted much of the Western left, and the similar forces exist to those who took aim at Healy are today targeting anyone who refuses to play by liberal, imperialist rules.

With stories ranging from Vanessa Redgrave's defiant anti-Zionist Oscar speech to British police raids on the Marxist Education Centers, In Defense of Gerry Healy is both a political intervention and a historical reckoning.

The book shows why Gerry Healy is still important, 35 years after his death, and why anti-imperialists should study his accomplishments.