Trotskyism Trotskyism Bolshevik-Leninism is another word for Trotskyism. When the battle between Leon Trotsky and Stalin erupted over the leadership and course for the Soviet Union and Communist International after Lenin’s death in 1924, Stalin referred to his political ideas as Marxism-Leninism, more commonly know as Stalinism. Trotsky decided to call his political standpoint Bolshevik-Leninism, claiming it was the true continuity of Lenin and the Bolshevik party. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bolshevik-Leninism"
Bureaucratic collectivism is a theory of class society. It is used by some Trotskyists to describe the nature of the Soviet Union under Stalin, and other similar states in Eastern Europe and elsewhere. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bureaucratic collectivism"
In Trotskyist political theory, deformed workers' states are states where the bourgeoisie has been overthrown through social revolution, the industrial means of production have been largely nationalized, but where the working class has never held political power (as it did in Russia shortly after the Russian Revolution). These workers' states are deformed because their political and economic structures have been imposed from the top (or from outside), and because revolutionary working class organizations are crushed. Like a degenerated workers state, a deformed workers' state cannot be said to be a state that is transitioning to socialism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deformed workers' state"
In Trotskyist political theory the term degenerated workers' state has been used since the 1930s to describe the state of the Soviet Union after Stalin's consolidation of power in or about 1924. The Soviet state of that period was held to be a workers' state because the bourgeoisie had been politically overthrown and the economic basis of that state lay in nationalized property -- the Soviet state was degenerated because the working class was politically disposessed. The ruling stratum of the Soviet Union was held to be a bureaucratic caste, and not a new ruling class. The theory that the Soviet Union was a degenerated workers' state is closely connected to Trotsky's call for a political revolution in the USSR, as well as Trotsky's call for defense of the USSR against capitalist restoration. ...more on Wikipedia about "Degenerated workers' state"
The phrase Fifth International refers to the efforts made by some sections of the Left to create a new Workers' International. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fifth International"
The Fourth International has been the international organisation of Trotskyist communists. It was founded in 1938 in Paris, with the backing of Leon Trotsky, when many leading Marxists considered the Stalinist Comintern (the Third International) incapable of leading the international working class towards power. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fourth International"
The French Turn refers to the policy advocated by Leon Trotsky as a plan of action for his followers at various stages throughout the 1930s. It was called the "French Turn" because it was first formulated in 1931 while Trotsky was in Paris. The doctrine advocated that the Trotskyists should enter the Social Democratic parties en masse and steer them toward Leninism, thus advocating the view that social democracy could potentially serve as a Leninist vanguard. ...more on Wikipedia about "French Turn"
The Left Opposition was a faction within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1923- 1927. Leon Trotsky, People's Commissar for Military and Navy Affairs (defense minister) was the de-facto leader of the Left Opposition, which was formed as part of the power struggle within the party leadership that began with the Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin's illness and intensified with his death in January 1924. Originally, the battle lines were drawn between Trotsky and his supporters who signed the The Declaration of 46 in October 1923, on the one hand, and a triumvirate (known by its Russian name troika) of Comintern chairman Grigory Zinoviev, Communist Party General Secretary Joseph Stalin and Politburo chairman Lev Kamenev on the other hand. The troika was supported by the leading party theoretician and Pravda editor Nikolai Bukharin and by Sovnarkom Chairman (prime minister) Alexei Rykov, who would later be branded the Right Opposition by Stalin. ...more on Wikipedia about "Left Opposition"
This is a list of the many Trotskyist international tendencies. Only the United Secretariat of the Fourth International claims to be the original Fourth International: others argue that the FI needs to be refounded, reorganised, or reconstructed. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of Trotskyist internationals"
Neoconservatism refers to the political movement, ideology, and public policy goals of "new conservatives" in the United States, who are mainly characterized by their relatively interventionist and hawkish views on foreign policy, and their lack of support for the " small government" principles and restrictions on social spending, when compared with other American conservatives such as traditional or paleoconservatives. ...more on Wikipedia about "Neoconservatism"
Permanent Revolution is a Marxist theory most closely associated with Leon Trotsky, devised as an explanation of how socialist revolutions could occur in societies that had not achieved advanced capitalism. The phrase was coined by Marx in 1850. The theory states that the bourgeois democratic tasks in countries with delayed bourgeois democratic development cannot be accomplished except through the establishment of a workers' state, and further, that the creation of a workers state would inevitably involve inroads against capitalist property. Thus, the accomplishment of bourgeois democratic tasks passes over into proletarian tasks, and it is in this sense that the revolution is "permanent" in that it must be "continuous" until "final" victory. ...more on Wikipedia about "Permanent Revolution"
The Proletarian Miliatary Policy was a policy adopted by some Trotskyist groups, including the U.S. Socialist Workers Party, in response to World War II. It was an attempt to apply Transitional demands to the war situation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Proletarian Military Policy"
Radical Women is an international Trotskyist feminist group. It is affiliated with the Freedom Socialist Party. They currently have branches in the United States, El Salvador and Australia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Radical Women"
Shachtmanism is a critical term applied to the form of Marxism associated with Max Shachtman. It has two major components: a bureaucratic collectivist analysis of the Soviet Union and a third camp approach to world politics. Shachtmanites believe that the Stalinist rulers of Communist countries are a new (ruling) class, distinct from the workers and rejects Trotsky's description of Stalinist Russia as being a " degenerated workers' state". Max Shachtman described the USSR as a " bureaucratic collectivist" society. Although Shachtmanism is usually described as a form of Trotskyism, both Trotsky and Shachtman were careful to not describe Shachtman's view as Trotskyist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shachtmanism"
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The term social revolution may have different connotations depending on the speaker. ...more on Wikipedia about "Social revolution"
Socialisme ou Barbarie (Socialism or Barbarism) was a French-based radical leftist group of the post- World War II period. It existed from 1948 until 1965, although in some ways it can be traced back to 1941. The animating personality was Cornelius Castoriadis, aka Pierre Chalieu or Paul Cardan. The group originated in the Trotskyist Fourth International. ...more on Wikipedia about "Socialisme ou Barbarie"
Socialist Convergence ( Spanish: Convergencia Socialista, CS) is a Trotskyist political party in Mexico. It was founded in 1996 by the group formerly known as the Revolutionary Workers' Party, or PRT. It is a sympathizing organization of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International. CS is currently working to reestablish itself as a recognized national party, and in early 2004 it became a founding member of a new electoral alliance called the Socialist Alliance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Socialist Convergence (Mexico)"
Socialist Worker is the name of several socialist newspapers . It is a weekly newspaper published by the International Socialist Organization in the U.S., and the name of a weekly newspaper published by the Socialist Workers Party in Britain. The Irish fortnightly Socialist Worker also styles itself as a "paper of the movements", with more in depth articles and commentary from left activists outside the party. ...more on Wikipedia about "Socialist Worker"
State Capitalism describes a capitalist society wherein the productive forces are owned and run by a state. It has been used as a description of the Russian society after the October Revolution, and later for USSR. There are various theories and critiques of state capitalism, some of which have been around since the October Revolution, theory by anarchists, left-communists, and council communists, and later to the founding of the USSR, or after 1938, theory from Trotskyists and Maoists. Alternatively, the term is used to differentiate between anarcho-capitalism and capitalism occuring amidst state intervention. ...more on Wikipedia about "State capitalism"
The Transitional Program, the full name of which is The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International, is a political platform adopted by the 1938 founding congress of the Fourth International, the international Leninist organization founded by Leon Trotsky. ...more on Wikipedia about "Transitional Program"
Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky considered himself a Bolshevik- Leninist, arguing for the establishment of a vanguard party. He considered himself an advocate of orthodox Marxism. His politics differed greatly from those of Stalin or Mao, most importantly in declaring the need for an international " permanent revolution". Numerous groups around the world continue to describe themselves as Trotskyist and see themselves as standing in this tradition, although they have diverse interpretations of the conclusions to be drawn from this. ...more on Wikipedia about "Trotskyism"
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