1. Early Life and Activism
2. Vietnam Solidarity and Accusation of Ho Chi Minh
3. Literary Impact and Publications
4. - Education, Capitalism, and the Student Revolt (1968)

Early Life and Activism

Chris Harman was born into a working-class family and attended lectures at the London School of Economics, where he joined the International Socialists organization. He contributed to the "Agitator" journal published by the School's Socialist Society. By 1968, he had become a prominent activist within International Socialists.

Vietnam Solidarity and Accusation of Ho Chi Minh

Harman was an active participant in the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign. However, he faced violence from other leftists after he accused Ho Chi Minh of murdering Vietnamese Trotskyist leader Ta Thu Thau in 1945 following the victorious workers' uprising in Saigon.

Theoretical Contributions and Leadership within the Socialist Workers Party

Within International Socialists, which later became the Socialist Workers Party in 1978, Harman served as a leading theorist. He authored numerous books and articles and served as the editor of the "Socialist Worker" from 1978 to 2004 (with a brief hiatus in the early 1980s). He currently edits the "International Socialism" journal.

Literary Impact and Publications

Tarquin Ali parodied Harman in his novel "Redemption" under the name "Natty Shardman," depicting him as someone fearful of leftists with whom he had theoretical disagreements. Harman has also published several significant works, including:

- Education, Capitalism, and the Student Revolt (1968)

- Russia: How the Revolution Was Lost (1969)
- Unemployment and How to Fight It (with Dave Peers) (1971)
- Why Labour Fails (1979)
- The Revolutionary Paper (1991)
- How Marxism Works (1997)
- A People's History of the World (1999)

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