Trotsky: ‘Our hope rests on unleashing the European revolution’
Vol. 87/No. 45 - December 4, 2023![Leon Trotsky, commander of the Soviet army after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, addresses Red Guard combatants in 1918. The Bolsheviks, Trotsky said, pinned their hopes on the Russian Revolution inspiring toilers across Europe to emulate their example and take political power.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Trotsky_8745-300x219.jpg)
Leon Trotsky Speaks is one of Pathfinder’s Books of the Month for November. The excerpt is from “The Organization of Power,” Trotsky’s Oct. 26, 1917, defense of the Bolshevik Revolution, which he helped lead. The Second Congress of the Soviets,…