SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Lenin

Socialist Action No. 83, 21 December 1984 · pp. 9-10 of the scan · 219 words

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page 9 of the scan

At the beginning of the 20th century, Trotsky, in 1905, in his theory of revolution, which the working class would find itself compelled to carry out tasks historically belonging bourgeoisie, and Lenin, in 1914, in his theory of imperialism, which included view that the imperialist chain would break first at its weakest link, showed that they had come to understand the main consequence of the law and combined development; LOaL might well come to power first in a backward country as a result of the contradictions of the world capitalist system as a whole.

Both Lenin and Trotsky firmly of the opinion that the victory of the revolution in cumstances would prove to be only the prelude to the victory, socialist TeVOlILON capitalist countries and a means of facilitating the final outcome. It was in this spirit that the Bolsheviks took power in October 1917 and founded the Third International in 1919.

The revolution followed a more devious path than even its The betrayals by bureaucracy led to the defeat of the German Central revolutions of 1918-21, isolating the held democratic the proletariat were such cirtime to the colonial world. of the tory of me ninese key tionary wave in Europe, uninterrupted tions after esablishment Yugoslavia, the reformist backward postponed.

page 10 of the scan

Socialist Action 21 December 1984

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