In the annals of political literature, few works have withstood the test of time so well as Leon Trotsky's The Revolution Betrayed. More than 70 years after its initial publication, its analysis of the structure and dynamics of Soviet society and of the Soviet Union remains unsurpassed. Learn More

"The Revolution Betrayed", Leon Trotsky's masterful analysis of the contradictory character of the USSR and the counter-revolutionary character of the Stalinist bureaucracy, has stood the test of time. In addition to this work, this set also contains a selection of other important writings by Trotsky, from the Russian Revolution to the founding of the Fourth International in 1938. Titles included are: "The Revolution Betrayed"; "In Defense of the October Revolution"; "The Transitional Program": "The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International"; "Political Profiles"; and "Whither France". Learn More

This book documents Trotsky's intervention in the political struggle with the Burnham-Shachtman tendency inside the US Socialist Workers Party, which was of fundamental importance for the Fourth International. Learn More

In this work, Trotsky, writing from the unique vantage point of a leading participant in both the 1905 and the October 1917 revolutions, explains the historical events, socio-economic processes, and political struggles that led to the creation of the world’s first workers’ state. Learn More

This book contains four articles by Trotsky devoted to fundamental problems of the revolutionary movement. Learn More

These writings by Leon Trotsky on the rise of fascism in Germany were aimed at changing the course of the German Communist Party (KPD). With a correct policy, this party would have been able to stop the rise of National Socialism and prevent Hitler’s victory. They represent a vital contribution to Marxism. Learn More

This volume contains a collection of Trotsky's writings on the Chinese revolution of 1925-27 and its aftermath. Learn More

Trotsky wrote this book in the wake of the failure of the German Communist Party to capitalize on the revolutionary opportunity present in 1923. This essay marked an important development in the struggle by Trotsky against the degeneration of the Bolshevik Party under the leadership of Stalin, Kamenev and Zinoviev. In it the Bolshevik leader examines the critical role of working class leadership in the October Revolution in Russia. Trotsky insisted that the Communist International must assimilate the lessons of the experiences of 1917 or face disaster. This book provoked a furious response by the growing bureaucracy. Learn More

At a time when old Stalinist lies about Trotsky are again being revived, My Life is essential reading. Learn More