Organisashon Históriko
Fourth International
Fourth International
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Trotsky’s supporters found the Fourth International
📅 3 Sèptèmber 1938Delegates founded a new international organization, arguing that the Comintern had ceased to lead revolutionary opposition to fascism and imperialism. The initiative expressed Trotsky’s...
The Fourth International adopts Trotsky’s Transitional Program
📅 3 Sèptèmber 1938The founding conference adopted a program of transitional demands intended to connect immediate struggles with socialist transformation. It addressed workers, peasants, women, youth, and colonized...
Trotsky debates the defense of the USSR as war begins
📅 1 Sèptèmber 1939As war began in Europe, Trotsky defended the Soviet Union against imperialist attack while criticizing its bureaucracy and the invasion of Finland. His position exposed a tension between defending a...
Trotsky debates the class character of the Soviet state
📅 25 Sèptèmber 1939In exchanges with members of the US Socialist Workers Party, Trotsky defended the analysis of the USSR as a degenerated workers’ state and argued that bureaucracy had not transformed its...
Trotsky writes on Stalin’s campaign to kill him
📅 1 Yüni 1940After the May raid, Trotsky publicly argued that Soviet state agents were organizing his assassination. The essay was both a warning and a political intervention written under immediate threat....
Leon Trotsky is attacked in Mexico City
📅 20 Ougùstùs 1940An agent linked to Soviet security killed Trotsky, who died the next day. The assassination removed Stalin’s most prominent revolutionary rival abroad and extended Soviet political violence beyond its...