Leon Trotsky: Writings in Exile contains some of his most insightful and penetrating works. Thrown out of Russia by Stalin, Trotsky settled in Mexico, and turned to the only weapon he had left – words. In these writings he defends the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, warns prophetically of fascism and analyses anti-colonial movements in the global south.
This collection gives a sense of the real Trotsky – passionate, humanist, Marxist.
Leon Trotsky was one of the most prominent leaders of the Russian Revolution in 1917. He was one of the primary contenders for the leadership of the Bolshevik Party in 1922 after the death of Lenin. When Stalin took this post, Trotsky swiftly concluded that the Revolution had been undermined. He was expelled from the Communist Party in 1927 and subsequently went into exile in Mexico, where he was assassinated by Soviet agents in 1940.
Kunal Chattopadhyay is Professor at the Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University. He is the author of The Marxism of Leon Trotsky (2006).
Paul Le Blanc is an activist and acclaimed American historian teaching at La Roche University, Pennsylvania. A conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, his politics were at odds with the establishment from a young age. He has written extensively on the history of the labor and socialist movements of the United States and Europe, including books on Lenin, Trotsky, Luxemburg and the importance of the revolutionary collective.
Introduction
Section 1: Revolutionary Russia and Bureaucratic Dictatorship
1. In Defense of October
2. Stalinism and Bolshevism
3. Letter to Soviet Workers
Section 2: Fascism and United Front
4. What Is National Socialism
5. Letter to a German Worker (United Front for Defense)
6. Lessons of Spain
Section 3: Anti-Imperialism and National Struggle
7. Closer to the Proletarians of Colored Races
8. The Chinese Revolution
9. Letter to the Workers of India
10. Mexico and British Imperialism
11. Nationalized Industry
12. On Black Nationalism (excerpts)
Section 4: Summing Up, Looking to the Future
13. Transitional Program (excerpts)
14. Trade Unions in the Epoch of Imperialist Decay
15. Testament
Notes
Index
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