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Can someone give me a basic overview of what exactly Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution is?

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I'm not an expert on Trotsky and am probably not the best on this forum to fill you in. However, seeing that no-one else has replied here is a brief overview of Trotsky's vision of the permanent revolution as I see it:

The theory is basically that communism cannot be successful in an isolated country. Therefore the immediate priority of any communist nation is to spread the revolution; only once the whole world - or a large section thereof - has joined can communism truly succeed. In practical terms this meant that, unlike Stalin, he felt that Russia post-Lenin should focus on spreading the revolution rather than consolidating it in Russia.