Trotskyism

Trotskyism is a Marxist political tradition associated with Leon Trotsky. It emphasizes permanent revolution, international socialist revolution, and opposition to Stalinist bureaucratic rule.

Permanent revolution: A theory that socialist revolution in less industrialized countries can begin with democratic tasks and continue into socialist transformation. Trotsky’s theory predicts that workers must lead revolutions beyond limited bourgeois reforms.
Russian Revolution: The revolutionary upheavals of 1917 that ended the Russian monarchy and brought the Bolsheviks to power. Trotsky’s political role and later disputes grew directly from the revolution’s outcomes.
James P. Cannon: An American socialist who founded the Socialist Workers Party and helped establish Trotskyism in the United States. Cannon organized the American movement after adopting Trotsky’s critique of Stalinism.
Stalinism: A political system and ideology associated with Joseph Stalin, marked by one-party rule and bureaucratic control. Trotskyists identify opposition to Stalinist rule as central to their political tradition.
Entrism: A political tactic in which a small organization works inside a larger movement or party to build influence. Trotskyist groups have used entrism to reach workers in established socialist and labor organizations.
Uneven and combined development: A theory describing how societies develop at different rates while combining older and newer social forms. It explains why Trotsky expected socialist revolution to arise in economically backward Russia.
October Revolution: The Bolshevik-led seizure of power in Russia in October 1917. Trotsky helped organize the insurrection later treated as a defining revolutionary achievement.
Nahuel Moreno: An Argentine Trotskyist leader whose current became influential in Latin American revolutionary politics. His organizations built a major regional tendency within the fragmented international movement.
Social democracy: A political tradition that pursues social reform and welfare policies through parliamentary democracy. Trotskyists reject gradual parliamentary reform as a substitute for socialist revolution.
Socialist Workers Party (US): A United States political party founded by Trotskyists in 1938. It became the principal early institutional expression of American Trotskyism.

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