"The Revolution Betrayed", Leon Trotsky's masterful analysis of the contradictory character of the USSR and the counter-revolutionary character of the Stalinist bureaucracy, has stood the test of time. In addition to this work, this set also contains a selection of other important writings by Trotsky, from the Russian Revolution to the founding of the Fourth International in 1938. Titles included are: "The Revolution Betrayed"; "In Defense of the October Revolution"; "The Transitional Program": "The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International"; "Political Profiles"; and "Whither France". Learn More

This book documents Trotsky's intervention in the political struggle with the Burnham-Shachtman tendency inside the US Socialist Workers Party, which was of fundamental importance for the Fourth International. Learn More

In this work, Trotsky, writing from the unique vantage point of a leading participant in both the 1905 and the October 1917 revolutions, explains the historical events, socio-economic processes, and political struggles that led to the creation of the world’s first workers’ state. Learn More

This book contains four articles by Trotsky devoted to fundamental problems of the revolutionary movement. Learn More

These writings by Leon Trotsky on the rise of fascism in Germany were aimed at changing the course of the German Communist Party (KPD). With a correct policy, this party would have been able to stop the rise of National Socialism and prevent Hitler’s victory. They represent a vital contribution to Marxism. Learn More

The 1927 program of the Joint (Bolshevik-Leninist) Opposition which drew together the supporters of Trotsky and Zinoviev against Stalin and Bukharin. Submitted to the Central Committee in September 1927, the program was signed by thirteen members of the Central Committee, including Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Smilga, Evdokimov, Rakovsky, Piatakov and Bakaev. Learn More

In the annals of political literature, few works have withstood the test of time so well as Leon Trotsky's The Revolution Betrayed. More than 70 years after its initial publication, its analysis of the structure and dynamics of Soviet society and of the Soviet Union remains unsurpassed. Learn More

Before winning international fame in October 1917, Trotsky had already gained a reputation as one of the most talented socialist writers and critics. In this compilation of profiles, Trotsky creates indelible portraits of some of the giants of pre-World War One European socialism, including Jean Jaures, Karl Kautsky, Victor and Fritz Adler, George Plekhanov, Julius Martov, Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. Learn More

Writing in 1920 aboard his military train in the midst of the Civil War, Trotsky defended the Bolsheviks' revolutionary measures against Karl Kautsky, the German renegade from Marxism and opponent of Soviet power. Learn More