US EditionRed Flag: Why Trotsky still matters, 85 years after his murder
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The atmosphere in Mexico City at the end of the 1930s was one of expectation, vigilance and fear. Leon Trotsky, exiled in Coyoacán, lived surrounded by suspicions and threats. After escaping Soviet repression, the former revolutionary leader and declared enemy of Iósif Stalin had made his residence a fortress, reinforcing walls, covering windows and erecting watchtowers. But neither paranoia nor extreme security would be enough to protect him fr…
Red Flag: Why Trotsky still matters, 85 years after his murder
85 years ago today, Leon Trotsky was struck down by a Stalinist assassin in Coyoacán in Mexico. As his grandson recalled in 2017, this was not the first attempt on the life of the man who founded the Red Army. I’ve never understood why anyone on the Left would tell jokes about that ice axe. You never hear “canal jokes” about Rosa Luxemburg or “shotgun jokes” about Malcolm X. Some might accuse Trotsky of being a “splitter” due to his struggle ag…
85 years ago, exactly on 21 August 1940, Leon Trotsky, one of the most prominent leaders of the Russian revolution and founder of the Red Army, was assassinated.
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