She gave it to Trotsky as a birthday present in 1937. Painting in oil on Masonite, Kahlo shows herself standing as if on a stage framed with white curtains. These may allude to the White Russians ...

This book documents Trotsky’s intervention in this political struggle, which was of fundamental importance for the Fourth International. Trotsky not only answered the opposition’s political ...

A long and bitter conflict between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin over who would succeed Vladimir Lenin as the Soviet leader culminated on this day in 1928 when Stalin exiled Trotsky to Siberia.

In these essays, Trotsky examines the political and social origins of fascism and elaborates the strategical and tactical methods for the defense of the working class against this deadly menace.

Leon Trotsky was a pivotal figure in the 1905 and October 1917 revolutions. A close ally of Vladimir Lenin, he served as Foreign Commissar, negotiating peace terms with Germany, and then as War ...