Trotskyism
Socialism in one country won't cut it.
Trotskyists are Marxists who believe the revolution has to go international or it rots. They want planning run by workers' councils, and they're fierce critics of what the Soviet Union became under Stalin: a bureaucratic dictatorship, not workers' power.
What they'd say
Permanent revolution, or none at all.
Stalin betrayed the revolution.
Workers of the world, unite. Actually, all of them.
Its 12-axis profile
Where it gets messy
Trotsky himself crushed the Kronstadt sailors' revolt in 1921, back when he was in charge. And the movement is famous for splitting into tiny rival groups.
Names to know
- Leon Trotsky
- Ernest Mandel
Its squad
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