I am pretty new to the whole idea of communism, I've read a little bit about Trotsky and his ideals caught my attention. Can i get an honest answer from someone explaining to me what he actually believed in?
Hi comrade, First, there's a lot of reading I could point you towards - Trotsky's: History of the Russian Revolution, My Life, The Lessons of October, Permanent Revolution and the Transitional Program to name just a few. This short piece, might get you started - it's by Ernest Mandel http://www.ernestmandel.org/en/works...on_trotsky.htm I might also suggest you read some James P. Cannon. Cannon was the leader of the US Trotskyists in the early years. http://www.marxists.org/archive/cann...1967/party.htm good luck http://www.socialistaction.org/kit.htm
respect and thanks
good luck. It took me a long time to come back around to trotskyism. I was originally around them in college and then around a maoist group for a while (bad news) and then active in central america solidarity work, where i became reacquainted with trotskyist ideas.
Perhaps the best thing you can read is Hal Draper's 'Two Souls of Socialism', which more than anything else draws a very clear line between us Trotskyists and most of the others who think they are Leninists (ie., the Maoists and the Stalinists, etc.). http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/co...s/twosouls.htm This site also has much material that is well worth reading: http://www.marxists.de/admin/contents.htm#d
