Socialism 2009, In defence of Leon Trotsky #1

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Uploaded by on Dec 17, 2009

Leon Trotsky, leader with Lenin of the 1917 Russian revolution, organised the Left Opposition to Stalin. Peter Taaffe, general secretary of the Socialist Party, refutes attacks on Leon Trotsky at one of the sessions of the Socialist Party's weekend event, Socialism 2009, part one

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  • Robert Service is a jackass and a lousy historian. I hope his book flops.

  • @Congest Service does not even deserve to be called a historian. He is just a bourgeois propagandist of the lowest order.

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  • American Historical Review:

    "A book that fails to meet the basic standards of historical scholarship".

    "Service fails to examine in a serious way Trotsky's political ideas in his writings and speeches - nor does it appear that he has always bothered to familiarize himself with them."

    "Service relies on cheap shots and slanderous asides to keep his readers convinced that Trotsky is a despicable man."

    'Nuff said?

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