Correction Max Shachtman and his left: A Socialist's Odyssey through the American Century" Peter Drucker, Humanities Press, 1994 [Reviewed by Ann Henderson last month] There are two minor errors in my review of Peter Drucker's book writes Ann Henderson. Shachtman's group in the 1950s was called the Independent, and not the International Socialist League. And although Shachtman's personal stand was doubtful, the IS as such did not support any imperialist force in the period before it dissolved into the Socialist Party in 1958. It is also important to recognise that many former ISL members resisted the 'Shachtmanite degeneration' -including those who joined with Fourth International supporters in 1986 to form the revolutionary socialist group Solidarity. I would also add that Shachtman's rightward turn was not simply the expression of an ideological shift. His support tor United Auto Workers' President Walter Reuther reflects the important sociological aspect of his link with part of the labor bureaucracy.
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