Workers’ Internationals
An introduction to Trotskyism
Fri, 31/01/1997 - 23:00In 1937-38 Stalin put on trial the last remaining leaders of the Russian Revolution and most of the Red Army General Staff. They were convicted, amongst other things, of being “Trotskyists”, and shot. Read more...
The 80th anniversary of the death of Leon Trotsky
Dave Stockton Fri, 21/08/2020 - 17:37It is 80 years today since Leon Trotsky, aged 60, died at 7.25 pm in a hospital in Mexico City from a wound inflicted the day before by Ramón Mercader, an agent of Joseph Stalin the then all-powerful Read more...
May Day Declaration
International Secretariat, League for the Fifth International Fri, 01/05/2015 - 06:27May Day 2015 marks a century and a quarter since the Second International launched this annual worldwide celebration of working class solidarity, a practical expression of the Communist Manifesto's cl Read more...
Argentine elections: which way forward for the left
Christian Gebhardt Sat, 26/10/2013 - 11:54By Christian Gebhardt Read more...
A Critic of Trotskyism
Andy Yorke Wed, 27/06/2012 - 15:44Pham Binh, an American socialist, has written a series of articles criticising far left groups on his Planet Anarchy website. Read more...
Arab Left: paying the price for Stalinism
Marcus Halaby Sat, 19/05/2012 - 09:42The Arab Spring of 2011 inspired millions around the world through its acts of heroism. But now the revolutions have stalled. Read more...
The Assassination of Leon Trotsky
Simon Hardy Fri, 20/08/2010 - 11:29
August 20 and 21 mark the seventieth anniversary of the assassination and death of Leon Trotsky, next to Lenin the greatest revolutionary of the twentieth century. Simon Hardy, in a chapter from a forthcoming book, records how Stalin and his gangsters brought this about. (Click here to see Simon on Russia Today talking about the legacy of Trotsky today). Read more...
The place of Trotsky in history
Richard Brenner Fri, 20/08/2010 - 11:11In the first of two articles, we reproduce extracts from Richard Brenner’s recently republished book, Trotsky - an introduction Read more...
