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Economic: Communist
Governance: Statist
Coords: X-4 · Y+2
Economic: Communist
Governance: Statist
Coords: X-4 · Y+2
Descriptor
Trotskyist
“Permanent revolution; workers first.”
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§ 01
The Idea
What Trotskyist actually means.
Trotskyism is a branch of Marxist-Leninism that advocates for global revolution, worker-controlled governance, and opposition to bureaucratic rule.
Leon Trotsky's ideology emphasized 'Permanent Revolution'—the belief that socialism must spread internationally to survive. Trotsky argued for a dictatorship of the proletariat but insisted it should be controlled by workers' councils (soviets).
§ 02 · Tenets
Core commitments.
01
Permanent, international revolution — no socialism in one country.
02
Workers' democracy via soviets, not party tyranny.
03
United front against fascism without political subordination.
04
Bureaucracy is a danger; vanguard must be democratic.
05
Critique of Stalinism as betrayal, not socialism.
§ 03 · Position
Where it sits on the grid.
Economic axis — X-4
COMMUNIST
Full collectivisationUnfettered markets
Governance axis — Y+2
STATIST
Total controlNo state at all
§ 04 · Reading List
Canon & critics.
§ Canon
- The Revolution BetrayedLeon Trotsky1937 · ~320 pp
- The Permanent RevolutionLeon Trotsky1929 · ~210 pp
- Transitional ProgrammeLeon Trotsky1938 · Pamphlet
§ Critics
- The Prophet (Trilogy)Isaac Deutscher1954–63 · 3 vols
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