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The Transitional Program
A 1938 programmatic document connecting immediate demands with questions of class power. Read it in its historical context.
The Russian Revolution of 1917
The February Revolution overthrew tsarism, but war, land and political power remained contested. The soviets and the Provisional Government represented competing centres of power until the upheavals of October.
Lenin and revolutionary organisation
Debates about revolutionary organisation concern strategy, internal democracy, leadership and relationships with the working-class movement. Read Lenin’s works in relation to the political circumstances and practical problems they addressed.
Stalinism and bureaucratic degeneration
The Trotskyist tradition distinguishes the aim of workers’ democracy from Stalin’s bureaucratic rule. It connects this transformation with international isolation, the destruction caused by war and material conditions in the Soviet Union.
The transitional programme
Transitional demands seek to connect immediate needs with questions of economic and political power. Trotsky’s 1938 text emerged from particular historical circumstances and requires contextual reading.
Marxist economics
Marxist economics studies production, capital accumulation, the distribution of value and class conflict. It connects forms such as wages and profits with the underlying social relations.
Revolutionary internationalism
Internationalism starts from the global relationships linking production, capital and labour. It emphasises solidarity across borders while recognising different forms of oppression and political circumstances.
Introduction to Marxism
A structured introductory course on Marxist method, history and economics. Read it on the original portal; this record is not a copy or full translation.
History of the Russian Revolution · Part One
A guide to the first half of the revolutionary year of 1917. It connects events with reading from Trotsky; check the lesson sequence on the original portal.
History of the Russian Revolution · Part Two
The continuation of the course, taking readers towards October 1917. Read it alongside part one and the History Lab chronology.