Leon Trotsky

15 books

About the Author

Leon Trotsky, born Lev Davidovich Bronstein in 1879, was a towering figure in the Russian Revolution and a prolific Marxist theorist whose writings profoundly shaped 20th-century political thought. Exiled from the Soviet Union in 1929 after clashing with Joseph Stalin, Trotsky continued his intellectual crusade from Turkey, France, Norway, and finally Mexico, where he was assassinated in 1940 by a Stalinist agent. As a key architect of the Bolshevik victory in 1917 and founder of the Red Army, he championed permanent revolution and international socialism against bureaucratic degeneration. His incisive analyses exposed the contradictions of Stalinism, advocating for workers' democracy and global emancipation. Trotsky's enduring legacy lies in his eloquent defense of revolutionary ideals amid personal tragedy and ideological warfare.

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art criticism autobiography Biography Collected Works Ensayo Político Essays Filosofia Política Historia History Marxism Marxist theory Política political theory Political Writings Politics Revolution

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incisive polemical theoretical