Trotskyism
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Trotskyism is a form of communism based on the ideas of Leon Trotsky, a Soviet revolutionary leader who believed in spreading communist revolution worldwide rather than focusing only on the Soviet Union. It matters because Trotskyist ideas influenced various communist movements and political groups throughout the 20th century, offering an alternative vision to other forms of communism.
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- Definition
- Theory
- Capitalist or bourgeois-democratic revolution
- Passivity of the bourgeoisie
- The incapability of the peasantry
- The key role of the proletariat
- International revolution
- Socialist democracy and Workers' Control
- Uneven and combined development
- Socialist culture
- Economics
- Transitional program
- Scientific socialism
- United front and theory of fascism
- Political ethics and morality
- History
- Origins
- Trotskyism and the 1917 Russian Revolution
- "Legend of Trotskyism"
- Founding of the Fourth International
- Cuban Revolution
- Trotskyist movements
- Latin America
- North America
- Africa
- Asia
- China
- Vietnam
- Sri Lanka
- India
- Europe
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Portugal
- Turkey
- Germany
- France
- Internationals
- Debated comparison with Stalinism
- Criticism
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Leon Trotsky, after whom Trotskyism is named
Trotskyism (, ) is the political ideology and branch of Marxism and Leninism developed by Russian revolutionary and intellectual Leon Trotsky along with some other members of the Left Opposition and the Fourth International. Trotsky described himself as an orthodox Marxist, a revolutionary Marxist, and a Bolshevik–Leninist as well as a follower of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Karl Liebknecht, and Rosa Luxemburg. His relations with Lenin have been a source of intense historical debate. However, on balance, scholarly opinion among a range of prominent historians and political scientists such as E. H. Carr, Isaac Deutscher, Moshe Lewin, Ronald Suny, Richard B. Day and W. Bruce Lincoln was that Lenin's desired "heir" would have been a collective responsibility in which Trotsky was placed in "an important role and within which Stalin would be dramatically demoted (if not removed)".