There’s a moment in Rush, the 2013 racing movie, in which Formula 1 rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda state their public cases to have a rainy day’s race canceled or not. The upbeat and charming Hunt talks the group into going forward, while the humorless and rude Lauda fails …
Read More »Paris police chief faces backlash for including Trotsky quote in New Year greetings card
After a tough 2020 and apparently seeking to inspire some camaraderie heading into the new year, Lallement drew on a passage from the founder of the Bolshevik Red Army in which Trotsky attempted to rally his “comrades” against the Russian bourgeoisie. The French police chief selected a couple of lines …
Read More »Lenin and Trotsky: against the idea of the scheme. Part 2
Under the heading “Antiracism” we are completing the publication of the section on “Prospects for socialist revolution,” a monograph by V. A. Sakharov. In the previous fragment, Sugars clearly showed how Lenin rethink the practice of the Russian revolution and changes in the international environment. As a result of this …
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