The Defence of Terrorism, originally written in 1920 on a military train during the Russian Civil War, represents one of Trotsky s most wide-ranging and original contributions to the debates that dominated the 1920s and 30s.
Trotsky s intention is "far away from any thought of defending terrorism in general." Rather, he seeks to promote an historical justification for the Revolution, by demonstrating that history has set up the revolutionary violence of the progressive class against the conservative violence of the outworn classes . The argument is developed in response to the...
The Defence of Terrorism, originally written in 1920 on a military train during the Russian Civil War, represents one of Trotsky s most wide-rangin...
In January of 1905, thousands of Russian workers, led by a priest on the payroll of the Tsar himself, marched to the gates of the Winter Palace with the intention of humbly petitioning their ruler for an eight hour work day. They were met by an intransigent detachment of royal guards who opened fire, killing hundreds of demonstrators. This massacre was the spark that set off an uprising that would shake the Russian Empire to its very foundation before the year s end. At the very center of this movement stood the newly created Soviet of Workers Deputies. Formed to coordinate the wave of...
In January of 1905, thousands of Russian workers, led by a priest on the payroll of the Tsar himself, marched to the gates of the Winter Palace with t...
First Published in 1926, Towards Socialism or Capitalism? considers how the socialised economy of Soviet Russia, isolated in a capitalist world after Lenin's death, faced acute dangers. Trotsky and the Left Opposition alone fought the Stalinist degeneration of the state and party apparatus which threatened to open the door to capitalist restoration. The three articles in this book, written between 1925 and 1932, discuss the fundamental problems of the Soviet economy from the New Economic Policy to forced collectivization. Published here in one volume, they are indispensable steps in the...
First Published in 1926, Towards Socialism or Capitalism? considers how the socialised economy of Soviet Russia, isolated in a capitalist world after ...
First Published in 1926, Where is Britain Going? focuses on the historical factors and circumstances which were to define Britain's development in the midst of social unrest at that time. The book considers the future of Britain in an age when the working classes were being driven into confrontation with the state under the impact of the world crisis of capitalism. Writing over eighty years ago, Trotsky concentrates on the decline of British imperialism in his analysis of the Bolshevik Revolution. In a brilliant polemic that exposes all the treachery of the Labour leaders in the year before...
First Published in 1926, Where is Britain Going? focuses on the historical factors and circumstances which were to define Britain's development in the...
The debate between Marxism and Anarchism is decades old. It is no accident that when the class struggle again boils to the surface this debate is revived.
This collection of classic and contemporary writings will go a long way toward clarifying the Marxist perspective on Anarchist theory and practice, and the need for a revolutionary party. Its publication marks an important step forward in the theoretical arming of a new generation of class fighters in the US - in preparation for the momentous struggles ahead.
This volume includes essays by Engels, Lenin, Trotsky and others on various...
The debate between Marxism and Anarchism is decades old. It is no accident that when the class struggle again boils to the surface this debate is revi...
When Lenin died and the Russian Revolution began to devour its leaders, Trotsky survived longer than most as an exile in Mexico, until his assassination in 1940. "The Essential Trotsky," first published in 1963, demonstrates the significance of this innovative and radical thinker s contribution to the Bolshevik success, the magnetism of his personality, and also a certain tragic heroism discernible throughout his life."
The History of the Russian Revolution" "to Brest-Litovsk" was written immediately after the events it describes, when Trotsky was attending the negotiations that...
When Lenin died and the Russian Revolution began to devour its leaders, Trotsky survived longer than most as an exile in Mexico, until his assassin...
The Real Situation in Russia, first published in 1928, contains three of Trotsky s harshest rebuttals of Stalin s takeover of the Russian Revolution following the death of Lenin. The first part contains a defence of the Opposition Platform against the Stalinist denunciation; the second details Trotsky s view of the precise nature of the Stalinist program, as well as its disastrous consequences for Russia; and the third demonstrates the unashamed falsification of the history by Stalin with regard to the beginning of the Revolution.
Including a sympathetic, but nonetheless astute,...
The Real Situation in Russia, first published in 1928, contains three of Trotsky s harshest rebuttals of Stalin s takeover of the Russian Revolutio...
The Defence of Terrorism, originally written in 1920 on a military train during the Russian Civil War, represents one of Trotsky s most wide-ranging and original contributions to the debates that dominated the 1920s and 30s.
Trotsky s intention is "far away from any thought of defending terrorism in general." Rather, he seeks to promote an historical justification for the Revolution, by demonstrating that history has set up the revolutionary violence of the progressive class against the conservative violence of the outworn classes . The argument is developed in response to the...
The Defence of Terrorism, originally written in 1920 on a military train during the Russian Civil War, represents one of Trotsky s most wide-rangin...
