38:25 - Christopher Hitchens was a post-Trotskyist, Luxembourgist. He considered himself an international socialist of the left opposition opposed to both Washington and Moscow. He admired Trotsky until the day he died but as time went on he saw that a real socialist alternative to globalized capitalism was fading away fast and that to call yourself a socialist had become more an attitude or virtue signal that an actual realistic politics
Oh yes what ever happened to Leon Trotsky ...he got icepick that made his ears burn ...Song by strangers ...great song great words ...they certainly don't write pop songs like that any more ....
For a long time I believed Trotsky was the " good guy" of the Revolution. After all, he opposed Stalin. But, it turns out he was just as ruthless as Lenin and actually supported most of Stalin's policies e.g. collectivisation. The Bolshevik Revolution was doomed once they decided that one party rule 'no dissent allowed - would be the ruling structure.😣
Stalin did a volte-face, circa 1928/29. He ditched NEP and pursued policies pushed by the Left Opposition, of whom Trotsky was the leader. However, neither Lenin nor Trotsky advocated forced collectivisation, imposed at breakneck speed. Also, prior to his death, Lenin's overriding concern was the growing state bureaucracy. That tallies with Trotsky's talk of a degenerated workers state, and call for a political revolution, in his book The Revolution Betrayed.
Fantastic and amazing interview. Thank you so much.
Priceless. Thank you.
38:25 - Christopher Hitchens was a post-Trotskyist, Luxembourgist. He considered himself an international socialist of the left opposition opposed to both Washington and Moscow. He admired Trotsky until the day he died but as time went on he saw that a real socialist alternative to globalized capitalism was fading away fast and that to call yourself a socialist had become more an attitude or virtue signal that an actual realistic politics
Very interesting.
Why did he try to get rid of the old Bolsheviks?
god people have given us Lenin , Trotsky, Karl Marx , Bibby !
Oh yes what ever happened to Leon Trotsky ...he got icepick that made his ears burn ...Song by strangers ...great song great words ...they certainly don't write pop songs like that any more ....
The Stranglers
'ears burn' - when people are, or someone is, talking behind your back...or you believe that to be the case.
For a long time I believed Trotsky was the " good guy" of the Revolution. After all, he opposed Stalin.
But, it turns out he was just as ruthless as Lenin and actually supported most of Stalin's policies e.g. collectivisation.
The Bolshevik Revolution was doomed once they decided that one party rule 'no dissent allowed - would be the ruling structure.😣
Stalin did a volte-face, circa 1928/29. He ditched NEP and pursued policies pushed by the Left Opposition, of whom Trotsky was the leader. However, neither Lenin nor Trotsky advocated forced collectivisation, imposed at breakneck speed. Also, prior to his death, Lenin's overriding concern was the growing state bureaucracy. That tallies with Trotsky's talk of a degenerated workers state, and call for a political revolution, in his book The Revolution Betrayed.