
Leon Trotsky
Lev Davidovich Bronstein (1879-1940) was a leader of the October Revolution in 1917 and the founder of the Fourth International in 1938.
Leon Trotsky: For a United, Free and Independent Workers’ Ukraine!
In this article from 1939, Leon Trotsky presents a socialist answer to the oppression of the Ukrainian people. “Not the slightest compromise with imperialism, either fascist or democratic! Not the slightest concession to the Ukrainian nationalists, either clerical-reactionary or liberal-pacifist! … The complete independence of the proletarian party as the vanguard of the toilers!”
Leon Trotsky
March 1, 2022Leon Trotsky: Remarks on the Draft Theses of The Workers Party of South Africa
On April 20, 1935, Leon Trotsky sent this letter to South African communists, in response to theses they had sent him. He discusses this agrarian question, the slogan of a Black Republic, and the need to fight relentlessly against the chauvinism of white workers. This is part of our collection on Marxism and Black Struggle.
Leon Trotsky
August 26, 2020Letters from Leon Trotsky on South Africa
In 1932, Leon Trotsky responded to a letter from two dozen Black communists from South Africa. He also wrote to the leadership of the International Left Opposition on the importance of winning over the most oppressed sectors of the working class. This is part of our collection on Marxism and Black Struggle.
Leon Trotsky
August 22, 2020C.L.R. James and Leon Trotsky: Plans for the Negro Organization
On April 11, 1939, C.L.R. James had his final discussion with Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, in Mexico. They discussed concrete plans for founding a revolutionary organization for Black workers in the United States. This is part of our collection on Marxism and Black Struggle.
Leon Trotsky
August 19, 2020C.L.R. James and Leon Trotsky: A Negro Organization
On April 5, 1939, C.L.R. James continued his discussions with Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán in Mexico. They discussed the conditions for the Socialist Workers Party launching a revolutionary organization for Black workers in the United States. This is part of our collection on Marxism and Black Struggle.
Leon Trotsky
August 18, 2020C.L.R. James and Leon Trotsky: Self-Determination for the American Negroes
On April 4, 1939, C.L.R. James held the first of three discussions with Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán in Mexico. The central question: Should revolutionaries call for self-determination of Black people in the United States? This is part of our collection on Marxism and Black Struggle.
Leon Trotsky
August 17, 2020Arne Swabeck and Leon Trotsky: The Negro Question in America
On February 28, 1933, Arne Swabeck of the Communist League of America met with Leon Trotsky and his secretary Pierre Frank on the island of Prinkipo in Turkey. They debated many questions, including racism in the U.S. and the right of self-determination. This is part of our collection on Marxism and Black Struggle.
Leon Trotsky
August 16, 2020Leon Trotsky: If America Should Go Communist
What would the United States look like after a socialist revolution? In 1934, Leon Trotsky imagined America under the rule of workers' councils. Socialism, he said, "will be the means of greater individual liberty and shared abundance."
Leon Trotsky
May 29, 2019Testament of Leon Trotsky
On August 20, 1940, an assassin sent by Stalin murdered Leon Trotsky. Yet the ideas of the Russian revolutionary remain relevant 77 years after his death. Left Voice republishes the testament of the founder of the Red Army as a tribute.
Leon Trotsky
August 20, 2017Manifesto for an Independent Revolutionary Art
In 1938, André Breton and Leon Trotsky worked together on this manifesto. The final version was signed by André Breton and Diego Rivera.
Leon Trotsky
February 19, 2017