Word: trotskyism
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World Revolution. Taking a world view-and both Stalinism and Trotskyism are simply variants on the Communist world theme-the establishment of Trotsky in Mexico is almost an ideal Red setup. As the Times of London has recently pontificated, there is reason to think that broad political developments in South American lands are now nearing the splits into Fascism and Communism which are making Europe feel strange and uncomfortable. In Europe the cleavage is now so sharp that no eminent cleaver is needed, but if Communism is to make further headway in those Latin-American republics which refuse to recognize...
...Trotsky, the Stalinites were all ready to assassinate Trotsky in Mexico or in Mexican waters. On the other hand, the Mexican Communist Party executive suddenly last week manifestoed, "The entry of Trotsky into Mexico must be prevented. We will make every effort to keep Trotsky out of Mexico. Trotskyism is the same as Divisionism"-i. e., tends to divide Communist party members in arguments, whereas they are all vowed to toe the party line...
...microphone impulsively away from him and burst into the full-throated oratory of his younger days as Bomb Boy. The basso-profundo keynote of Zinoviev's confession came as he boomed: "I went all the way from party power to counterrevolution and terrorism and actually to Fascism! For Trotskyism plus terrorism is Fascism! I abandoned Karl Marx." Arabian Nights. In his dispatch the next afternoon United Press Correspondent Norman Deuel cabled a broad, revealing hint as to the nature of the trial which he managed to get past Soviet censors: "Unexpected histrionic ability by minor members of the cast...
What he meant was that Trotskyism (world Socialism through world revolution) was discredited for Stalinism (world Socialism through successful Socialism in one country...
...month. Triumphant was his arrival in Petrograd. He was made People's Commissar for foreign affairs; when Kerensky fell and Lenin came into power Trotsky was second in command. Lenin died at the height of his popularity, and Death canonized him. But Trotsky lived on, and Trotskyism (doctrine of "permanent revolution") grew more & more out of fashion. In January 1928, Trotsky and his followers, hopelessly in the minority, were ordered into exile in Central Asia. From there a year later Trotsky was deported into Turkey. Now he lives on Prinkipo, "a planet without a visa...