Trotsky--brilliant publicist, enthusiastic speaker, organizer of the Red Army, eminent member of the Bolshevik Party during the first years of the Russian Revolution--has often been depicted as a romantic figure by biographers. Kostas Mavrakis does not see him in this light. Mavrakis submits Trotsky, his thought and work to a severe but fair critical examination. Among the issues reassessed by this controversial scholar are Trotsky's incapacity for concrete analysis, the 'economism' he shares with Stalin, his concepts of 'permanent revoluation' as compared with those of Lenin and Mao, his views and those of Stalin, on the Chinese Revolution, the fundamental traits of Trotskyism and of the different trotskyist organizations.

Political Revolution in Trotskyism explores Trotskyist ideology, its revolutionary strategies, and their global impact. For political science enthusiasts, it offers a rich examination of the intricacies of Trotskyism’s role in political revolutions. Whether you're a professional, student, or an enthusiast, this book provides key insights into the dynamic political thought within Trotskyism. 1: Political Revolution (Trotskyism) - Introduces the core principles of political revolution in Trotskyism. 2: Trotskyism - Analyzes Trotskyism’s origins and distinct revolutionary socialism. 3: Fourth International - Explores its role in unifying Trotskyist movements globally. 4: State Capitalism - Discusses Trotskyist critiques of state capitalism. 5: Shachtmanism - Examines Shachtmanism’s departure from orthodox Trotskyism. 6: Bureaucratic Collectivism - Analyzes Trotskyist critiques of Stalinist bureaucratic regimes. 7: Third Camp - Advocates for an independent socialist path beyond U.S. and Soviet influence. 8: Deformed Workers' State - Discusses Trotskyist views on deviant states from orthodox Marxism. 9: Degenerated Workers' State - Explains how revolutionary states regress under bureaucratic rule. 10: Anti-Stalinist Left - Highlights Trotskyism's role in opposing Stalinist authoritarianism. 11: Leninism - Connects Trotskyist thought to Leninism’s revolutionary socialism. 12: Fourth International Posadist - Introduces the controversial Posadist faction. 13: Revolutionary Socialist League (U.S.) - Chronicles the league’s history in the U.S. 14: International Committee of the Fourth International - Examines efforts to maintain Trotskyist orthodoxy. 15: State Socialism - Critiques state socialism from a Trotskyist perspective. 16: International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist) - Discusses this prominent Trotskyist group. 17: International Socialist Organization - Analyzes its influence in the Trotskyist movement. 18: Michel Pablo - Profiles Michel Pablo and his revolutionary strategies. 19: Revolutionary Socialism - Places Trotskyism within the broader revolutionary socialist context. 20: Tony Cliff - Highlights Tony Cliff’s theory of state capitalism. 21: Socialist State - Concludes with the Trotskyist vision of the socialist state. By reading this study, you'll deepen your understanding of Trotskyist political revolution and enrich your grasp of political science.

In a work of encyclopedic scope, International Trotskyism, 1929-1985 is sure to become the definitive reference work on a movement that has had a significant impact on the political culture of countries in every part of the world for more than half a century. Renowned scholar Robert J. Alexander has amassed, from disparate sources, an unprecedented amount of primary and secondary material to provide a documentary history of the origins, development, and nature of the Trotskyist movement around the world. Drawing on interviews and correspondence with Trotskyists, newspaper reports and pamphlets, historical writings including the annotated writings of Trotsky in both English and French, historical memoirs of Trotskyist leaders, and documents of the Fourth International, Alexander recounts the history of the movement since Trotsky's exile from the Soviet Union in 1929. Organized alphabetically in a double-column, country-by-country format this book charts the formation and growth of Trotskyism in more than sixty-five countries, providing biographic information about its most influential leaders, detailed accounts of Trotsky's personal involvement in the development of the movement in each country, and thorough reports of its various factions and splits. Multiple chapters are reserved for countries where the movement was more active or fully developed and various chapters are organized around crucial thematic issues, such as the Fourth International. The chapters are followed by extensive name, organization, publication, and subject indexes, which provide optimal access to the wealth of information contained in the main body of the work.

This book by Ted Grant is a unique contribution to the history of British Trotskyism. It begins with the debate on Trotskyism in the British Communist Party in 1924 and ends with the break-up of the Revolutionary Communist Party in 1949 and the beginning of more than thirty years of work within the Labour Party. Ted Grant was the founder and political leader of the “Militant Tendency”, which haunted the Labour leadership, and was eventually expelled along with the Militant editorial board in 1983. A postscript by Rob Sewell, who was the national organiser for the Militant throughout the 1980s, brings this unique history up to date.

U.S. Trotskyism 1928-1965. Part II: Endurance: The Coming American Revolution is the second of a documentary trilogy on a revolutionary socialist split-off from the U.S. Communist Party, reflecting Leon Trotsky’s confrontation with Stalinism in the global Communist movement. Spanning 1941 to 1956, this volume surveys the Second World War (internationally and on the 'homefront'), the momentous post-war strike wave, ongoing efforts to comprehend and struggle against racism, as well as the early years of the Cold War and anti-Communist repression in the United States. Also covered are internal debates and splits among Trotskyists themselves, including a far-reaching split in the international Trotskyist movement (the Fourth International) in the face of a persistent and expanding Stalinism. Scholars and activists will find much of interest in these primary sources.

In the years since Stalin's death, his profound influence upon the historical development of Communism has remained elusive and in need of interpretation. Stalinism, as his system has become known, is a phenomenon which embraced all facets of political and social life. While its effect upon the Soviet Union and other nations today is far less than it was while Stalin lived, it is by no means dead. In this landmark volume some of the world's foremost scholars of the subject, in a concerted group inquiry, present their interpretations of Stalinism and its influence on all areas of comparative Communist studies from history and politics to economics, sociology, and literary scholarship. The studies contained in this volume are an outgrowth of a conference on Stalinism held in Bellagio, Italy, sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies. In his major contribution to this book, Leszek Kolakowski calls Stalinism "a unified state organism facing atom-like individuals." This extraordinary volume, augmented by a revealing new introduction by the editor, Robert C. Tucker, can be seen as amplifying that remark nearly a half century after the death of Joseph Stalin himself. Contributors to this work are: Wlodzimierz Brus, Katerina Clark, Stephen F. Cohen, Alexander Erlich, Leszek Kolakowski, Moshe Lewin, Robert H. McNeal, Mihailo Markovic, Roy A. Medvedev, T. H. Rigby, Robert Sharlet, and H. Gordon Skilling. Robert C. Tucker's principle work on Stalin has been described by George F. Kennan as "the most significant single contribution made to date, anywhere, to the history of Soviet power."