Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky

By Leon Trotsky

Trotsky and Slavoj iek defend revolutionary violence

Written in the white heat of revolutionary Russia’s Civil War, Trotsky’s Terrorism and Communism is one of the most potent defenses of revolutionary dictatorship. In his provocative commentary to this new edition the philosopher Slavoj iek argues that Trotsky’s attack on the illusions of liberal democracy has a vital relevance today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Nov 14, 2017
• ISBN: 9781786633453

Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky was one of the most prominent leaders of the Russian Revolution in 1917. He was one of the primary contenders for the leadership of the Bolshevik Party in 1922 after the death of Lenin. When Stalin took this post, Trotsky swiftly concluded that the Revolution had been undermined. He was expelled from the Communist Party in 1927 and subsequently went into exile in Mexico, where he was assassinated by Soviet agents in 1940.