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Trotsky’s “Their Morals and Ours” – a review

Category: Marxist Classics Published Date Written by Siana Bangura

The issue of "morality" and "morals" is often used by critics of the Russian Revolution and supporters of capitalism to smear the historical significance of the Bolsheviks and tar the idea of socialism altogether. Leon Trotsky answered these critics in his pamphlet "Their Morals and Ours", written in 1938. In this article, we look at Trotsky's pamphlet and his analysis of "morality".

Last Updated on Sunday, 30 October 2011 20:59

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The Classics Of Marxism - new book now out!

Category: Marxist Classics Published Date Written by Well Red Books

Now available!  "The Classics of Marxism: Vol. 1." Includes The Communist Manifesto, Socialism: Utopian and Scientific, The State and Revolution, The Transitional Programme - all in one slimline volume with a new introduction by Alan Woods. Click here to order online.

Last Updated on Saturday, 03 December 2011 09:52

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The Lessons of Spain: The Last Warning (1937)

Category: Marxist Classics Published Date Written by Leon Trotsky

July 18th marks the 75th anniversary of the commencement of the Spanish Civil War.On this occasion we would like to draw our readers’ attention to two articles on the Spanish Revolution Ted Grant’s 1973 document  The Spanish Revolution 1931-37 and this article Trotsky’s The Lessons of Spain: The Last Warning (1937).

“The tragic experience of Spain is a terrible - perhaps final - warning before still greater events, a warning addressed to all the advanced workers of the world. ‘Revolutions,’ Marx said, ‘are the locomotives of history.’ They move faster than the thought of semi-revolutionary or quarter-revolutionary parties. Whoever lags behind falls under the wheels of the locomotive, and consequently - and this is the chief danger - the locomotive itself is also not infrequently wrecked.”

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 October 2011 18:22

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What is the theory of the Permanent Revolution?

Category: Marxist Classics Published Date Written by Trotsky.net

In commemoration of Leon Trotsky who was murdered 71 years ago this week we are republishing this article which originally appeared on Trotsky.net. In the years before the Russian Revolution of 1917 there was quite a heated debate between the different tendencies of the Russian labour movement on what would be the character of the Russian revolution, and the relation between the classes in the revolution. Undoubtedly, the theory that brilliantly anticipated and explained what actually took place in 1917 was worked out by Trotsky.

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The Spanish Revolution 1931-37

Category: Marxist Classics Published Date Written by Ted Grant

This week marks the 75th anniversary of Franco’s coup in Spain, the day the Spanish Civil War began. In 1973, as the situation in Spain moved towards revolution and final overthrow of the hated Franco regime, Ted Grant wrote this document drawing all the lessons from those tumultuous events.

Spain is in the first stages of a movement in the direction of revolution. The Fascist regime is completely undermined. The working class has recovered from the terrible defeat inflicted by the forces of reaction in the Civil War. The middle class is filled with hatred for the dictatorship and looking with sympathy to the struggle of the workers. The bourgeoisie is looking for a way out as it feels the pressure of the masses.

Last Updated on Thursday, 13 October 2011 18:22

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