Max Shachtman

Max Shachtman
Shachtman c. 1946
Born(1904-09-10)September 10, 1904
Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
DiedNovember 4, 1972(1972-11-04) (aged 68)
EducationCity College of New York
Occupations
  • Political theorist
  • Activist
Years active1921–1972
Political partyCommunist (1921–1928)
Communist League (1928–1934)
Workers (1934–1936)
Socialist (1936–1937; after 1958)
Socialist Workers (1937–1940)
Workers (1940–1949)
Independent Socialist League (1949–1958)
Spouse
(m. 1954)

Max Shachtman (/ˈʃɑːktmən/; September 10, 1904 – November 4, 1972) was an American Marxist theorist. He went from being an associate of Leon Trotsky to a social democrat and mentor of senior assistants to AFL–CIO President George Meany. The Marxist tendency associated with his beliefs is known as Shachtmanism.