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Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) was, alongside Lenin, one of the two greatest Marxists of the twentieth century. His whole life was entirely devoted to the cause of the working class and international socialism. His role in the October Revolution is universally recognised.

After Lenin’s death in 1924, Trotsky led the struggle against the bureaucratic degeneration of the Soviet State—a fight that Lenin had already begun from his death-bed. Thereafter, Trotsky alone continued to defend the revolutionary, democratic and international traditions of October. He alone provided a scientific Marxist analysis of the bureaucratic degeneration of the Russian Revolution in works like The Revolution Betrayed, In Defence of Marxism and Stalin.

His writings of the period 1930-40 provide us with a veritable treasure-house of Marxist theory, dealing not only with the immediate problems of the international labour movement (the Chinese revolution, the rise of Hitler in Germany, the Spanish Civil War), but of all manner of artistic, philosophical and cultural questions.

  • Democracy, Bonapartism & Fascism: Class Struggle in the 1930s

    Democracy, Bonapartism & Fascism: Class Struggle in the 1930s

    Leon Trotsky, Ted Grant
  • History of the Russian Revolution

    History of the Russian Revolution

    Leon Trotsky
  • Writings on Britain

    Writings on Britain

    Leon Trotsky
  • The First Five Years of the Communist International

    The First Five Years of the Communist International

    Leon Trotsky
  • Permanent Revolution & Results and Prospects

    Permanent Revolution & Results and Prospects

    Leon Trotsky
  • In Defence of Marxism

    In Defence of Marxism

    Leon Trotsky
  • The Revolutionary Philosophy of Marxism

    The Revolutionary Philosophy of Marxism

    Alan Woods, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, V.I. Lenin
  • My Life

    My Life

    Leon Trotsky
  • The History of the Russian Revolution to Brest-Litovsk

    The History of the Russian Revolution to Brest-Litovsk

    Leon Trotsky
  • Stalin

    Stalin

    Leon Trotsky
  • The Classics of Marxism: Volume Two

    The Classics of Marxism: Volume Two

    Alan Woods, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, V.I. Lenin
  • What Is Marxism?

    What Is Marxism?

    Alan Woods, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Rob Sewell, V.I. Lenin
  • The Revolution Betrayed

    The Revolution Betrayed

    Leon Trotsky
  • Marxism and Anarchism

    Marxism and Anarchism

    Alan Woods, Friedrich Engels, Leon Trotsky, V.I. Lenin
  • The Classics of Marxism: Volume One

    The Classics of Marxism: Volume One

    Alan Woods, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, V.I. Lenin
  • Not Guilty

    Not Guilty

    Leon Trotsky