Leon Trotsky

The definitive account of the Russian Revolution, by Leon Trotsky, its leader and key historian.

Leon Trotsky was a key political figure of the twentieth century – a leader of the Russian Revolution, founder of the Red Army, author of books on literature, history, morality and politics. 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,...

Leon Trotsky fue uno de los mentores de la Revolución Rusa. Amado por una parte de los líderes del partido y odiado por otra, tanto que fue asesinado por orden de Stalin, es un hecho que fue un gran líder y pensador, desempeñando un papel primordial en la implementación del socialismo y del régimen bolchevique en Rusia. El libro "Mi Vida", escrito por Trotsky en el exilio, describe el proceso que culminó con la implementación del socialismo...

In this sharply polemical account, Leon Trotsky draws up a balance sheet of the world's first successful workers' revolution. Written primarily for members of the newly created Communist International, Trotsky focuses on the specific role played by the Bolshevik Party in leading Russian workers to victory.

A Revolução Russa de 1917 foi um período de conflitos, iniciado em 1917, que derrubou a monarquia russa e levou ao poder o Partido Bolchevique, de Vladimir Lênin. Através da anexação de países próximos, a Russia, tornou-se a URSS - União das Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas e mudou para sempre a geopolítica mundial. Leon Trotsky foi, juntamente com Lênin e Stalin, um dos principais líderes da revolução Socialista. Em A História...

Literature and Revolution, written by the founder and commander of the Red Army, Leon Trotsky, in 1924 and first published in 1925, represents a compilation of essays that Trotsky drafted during the summers of 1922 and 1923. This book is a classic work of literary criticism from the Marxist standpoint. By discussing the various literary trends that were around in Russia between the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, Trotsky analyses the concrete forces...

This seminal work by Leon Trotsky that captures the fierce ideological battles within the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Written by one of the foremost leaders of the Russian Revolution and a key figure in the development of Marxist theory, this book is an impassioned defense of Marxist principles against what Trotsky perceived as deviations and betrayals within the party. Trotsky's work is a response to the internal...

It is June 1936. Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) has finally been granted a visa for asylum in Norway, having been banned first from living in Paris, and then the whole of France. With him comes the draft of The Revolution Betrayed: What Is the Soviet Union and Where Is It Going?, which is completed and sent to the publishers on the 4th of August. The book, published by Faber in 1937, is considered to be Trotsky's major work on Stalinism. Trotsky's passion...

Historia de la Revolución Rusa es un análisis profundo de los eventos que llevaron al ascenso y consolidación del poder bolchevique en 1917. León Trotsky examina las dinámicas sociales, económicas y políticas que impulsaron la revolución, destacando el papel de las masas y la lucha de clases en la transformación del Estado ruso. A través de un enfoque detallado y una perspectiva marxista, la obra expone la interacción entre las aspiraciones...

Shortly before he was assassinated in 1940, Leon Trotsky - one of Marx's most devoted converts and a key figure in the Russian Revolution - made this selection from Capital, to which he appended his own lengthy and insightful introduction. Compact and fascinating, this invaluable work not only presents Marx's thoughts in his own words but also places them in the swirling context of the 20th century. A critical analysis of ideas that have influenced...