Trotskyism

Also known as Trotskyist, Trotskyite, Trotskism

thumb|Leon Trotsky, after whom Trotskyism is named

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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)".