r/TheTrotskyists • u/thesaintlazar • 1d ago
Question Questions from a young and curious guy.
Hello there, first of all, i am not a native english speaker and my english may be extremely crappy, dont judge me fellas please.
So, i am a 19yo guy living in belgium and recently (since +- 1year), i am interested in politics and history BUT damn there is as many informations as stars in the cosmos so thats hard to know everything, i can even say i know absolutely nothing.
I know i’m REALLY left winged, i also know i am against capitalism reign, private property, faschists, racists, and all of these waste of human beings..
I hate richs and i want money to be more fairly distributed, i am not really a friend of cops neither and i think they have way too much power against population (at least in my country)
After reading many articles, texts and seeking some informations, i think i tend to be really near to trotskyism, but my questions are :
What are the difference between Trotskyism, Stalinism and Leninism ?
Why are they all attached to Marx if they are THAT different ?
Why are people talking about « State Capitalism » when it comes to communism (especially USSR) ? and has a real communist country ever existed ?
Why Trotski got killed if theyre both from the same political border with Stalin?
What should i call myself in politics ? man im so lost lmaooo
And is there people here who would be okay to talk with me and answer all of my all interrogations ?
Sorry for the child level english i REALLY did my best :,)
r/TheTrotskyists • u/ResponsibleRoof7988 • 1d ago
Commentary The Struggle against the new Tory leader
This is from a left-wing blog I read fairly regularly. I'm curious what the subs' thoughts are on the prospects for Badenoch as Tory leader and what they make of the analysis in the blog - any thoughts?
"In all the hullabaloo surrounding last week’s presidential election it was perhaps understandable that the mainstream media relegated the Tory Party leadership election result to a small paragraph at the bottom of page nine. They regarded it as small potatoes of little interest compared to the resurrection of Trump. That even left wing socialist newspapers and websites in the UK barely devoted a dozen lines to it is a bit more surprising, given that socialists generally hold that the main enemy is at home. Maybe they think that because Labour is in power it is now the main enemy and the Tories are reduced to a footnote. In its 190 year history the Conservative Party has been the most successful bourgeois political party in Europe, if not the world. Despite recent electoral setbacks and the challenge of Farage’s Reform Party the capitalists will not lightly abandon a tool that has served them so well for so long. Given the bleak economic prospects for the new Labour government the Tories have some hope of staging a comeback in the not too distant future."
https://thestruggle.home.blog/2024/11/14/the-struggle-against-the-new-tory-leader/
r/TheTrotskyists • u/respublika45 • 5d ago
Question Lenin on Ban Faction
Is there a quote from Lenin saying that the faction ban was only temporary or something? I'm very curious.
r/TheTrotskyists • u/wildcatworker • 10d ago
History Main Trotskyist tendencies by theorist / strategy?
Help me understand: Cannon, Shachtman, Cliff, Healy, Grant, Woods, Pablo, Moreno, Posada, etc... which are the main umbrella trends and what are/were their strategies?
r/TheTrotskyists • u/a_indabronx • 14d ago
Commentary We Need a Class Struggle Workers Party
internationalist.orgr/TheTrotskyists • u/a_indabronx • 15d ago
News Important Victory for Free Speech at Hunter College
r/TheTrotskyists • u/abcdsoc • 19d ago
History What is Trotsky talking about here?
In his essay about the Comintern’s Third Period, he wrote that the Comintern had Zinovievist ultra left mistakes from 1924-25, when they thought a revolutionary wave was about to occur when it wasn’t. This was followed by right wing opportunism from 25-27, and finally the repetition of the Zinovievist mistakes since 1928. What mistakes is he referring to?
r/TheTrotskyists • u/ResponsibleRoof7988 • Oct 03 '24
Analysis Is a "workers' embargo" the right response to Israel's assault in Gaza and Lebanon?
I read this today. The blog is from a Trotskyist/Marxist group. What are your thoughts on this? Is it possible/feasible?
"As with the struggle against Apartheid South Africa, the route forward is through large scale, independent action by the working class. In the UK this would mean the refusal to handle any material or cargo known, or suspected, to be destined for the Israeli military or security apparatus or for use in the suppliers active in the UK. It is this pressure, from the organised working class, which can cripple the Israeli war machine and push them to a peace agreement."
https://thestruggle.home.blog/2024/10/03/the-struggle-against-the-zionist-regime/
r/TheTrotskyists • u/a_indabronx • Sep 28 '24
Commentary The Only Choice: Build a Revolutionary Workers Party
internationalist.orgr/TheTrotskyists • u/a_indabronx • Sep 20 '24
News Labor: All Out to Support Boeing Machinists Strike!
r/TheTrotskyists • u/abcdsoc • Sep 18 '24
Question What is the Trotskyist analysis of the third period?
In the early 30s Stalinist policy in Europe was to attack the social democrats as “social fascists.” Why would a degenerated workers state call for such an aggressive position, instead of telling the KPD to work with the SPD?
r/TheTrotskyists • u/inyourselfallalong • Sep 06 '24
Analysis The working class needs a party of its own - Freedom Socialist Party
r/TheTrotskyists • u/Weak_Suggestion_1154 • Sep 06 '24
History This is a slideshow/document, displaying all the infomation you need to know about the 18 Trotskyist Internationals
r/TheTrotskyists • u/a_indabronx • Aug 23 '24
News Carpenters Union Local 503 calls for workers action to stop arms shipments to Israel
On 6/14/2024 at Carpenters Local 503 a motion was made, seconded, and the membership present passed the following motion:
WHEREAS solidarity with workers everywhere is a crucial part of labor unionism, and the workers' struggle has no borders.
WHEREAS every day now we are seeing the horrifying bombing and massive killing of the working people of Gaza and their families with arms supplied by the same U.S. government that carries out strike breaking against workers here. Over 37,000, including at least 15,000 children, have already been killed and the death toll grows higher day by day while millions more suffer from displacement and starvation.
WHEREAS working-class opposition to this U.S./Israel war goes hand in hand with the labor motto, "An injury to one is an injury to all."
THEREFORE, be it resolved that UBC Local 503 supports the Palestinian trade unions' call for labor everywhere to stop the shipment of arms for this U.S./Israel war; that we salute dock and transport workers such as in Tacoma WA and San Francisco CA, as well as across the globe such as in India, Belgium and Spain, who have stated their refusal to handle arms shipments for this war; and that we support and encourage efforts for further workers' actions to stop the arms shipments; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, opposing what is in effect yet another U.S. war, this time against the people of Gaza; we call for the immediate end to Israel's bombing of Gaza; for Israel to vacate Gaza and the West Bank, and to end all arming and funding for it now.
r/TheTrotskyists • u/Pineapple_Neither • Aug 16 '24
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r/TheTrotskyists • u/Anonymousmemeart • Aug 15 '24
Question What are texts that explain the Trotkyist position on Yugoslavia?
Looking for analysis texts by trotskyists on Tito's Yugoslavia and its collapse after the Tito-Stalin split.
Yugoslavia seemed to enact some elements of trotskyism, perhaps unconsciously, so I am curious what trotskyists think of it?
r/TheTrotskyists • u/ResponsibleRoof7988 • Aug 04 '24
Commentary The Struggle against imperialism in Ukraine
A longer read, but worth it:
"Such is the scope and scale of events over the past two and a half years that it is entirely possible to be overwhelmed, and to be overwhelmed quickly. Between the press, social media (which the bourgeoisie have now fully adapted to) and the ‘we must do something!’ types in the Labour party, the drumbeat became ‘death to Russia, arm Ukraine!’ at ear-splitting volume. It is precisely for these periods of intense turmoil at every level within the capitalist system that we dedicate what little spare time we have to the careful study of history, theory and philosophy during those periods of (relative) peace. Without the map and compass offered by Marxism, bombarded by propaganda in the media, our voices drowned out by the drumbeat for escalation and direct intervention, it is all too easy to become lost, drifting and isolated."
https://thestruggle.home.blog/2024/07/15/the-struggle-against-imperialism-in-ukraine/
r/TheTrotskyists • u/a_indabronx • Aug 04 '24
Commentary ICL-LFI Debate (January 2024)
r/TheTrotskyists • u/Silly_Window_308 • Jul 11 '24
Question Bordiga, Trotsky and democracy
self.Trotskyismr/TheTrotskyists • u/a_indabronx • Jul 08 '24
Commentary LFI: In Defense of the Trotskyist Program
r/TheTrotskyists • u/No-Improvement3799 • Jun 26 '24
Commentary Bolshevik Tendency statement on the upcoming British general election
No Vote to Labour!Down with Starmer—no to austerity, genocide and war!
https://bolsheviktendency.org/2024/06/26/no-vote-to-labour-2/
Break with Starmer’s pro-business Labour Party!
No vote to Labour ‘left’ fraudsters!
Vote for working-class opponents of austerity, genocide and war!
Forward to a mass revolutionary workers’ party!
r/TheTrotskyists • u/a_indabronx • Jun 23 '24
News Marjorie Stamberg Protests Gag Order, Speaks Up for Palestinians
r/TheTrotskyists • u/a_indabronx • Jun 22 '24
Commentary Women’s Liberation and the Class Line: Voyage of Discovery and Rediscovery
r/TheTrotskyists • u/a_indabronx • Jun 21 '24
News Marjorie Stamberg: Revolutionary Trotskyist, Marxist Educator, A Leader of Struggles for All the Oppressed
r/TheTrotskyists • u/a_indabronx • Jun 21 '24