The Left Opposition was a faction within the Russian Communist Party from 1923 to 1927 headed by Leon Trotsky, who formed it to mount a struggle against the perceived bureaucratic degeneration within
Leon Trotsky, the de facto Left Opposition leader, pictured in the 1930s
Trotskyism is the political ideology and branch of Marxism and Leninism developed by Russian revolutionary and intellectual Leon Trotsky along with some other members of the Left Opposition and the Fo
Left Opposition
…Левая оппозиция Leader Leon Trotsky Founded October 1923 (1923-10) Dissolved December 1927 (1927-12) Merged into United Opposition Ideology Marxism Trotskyism Anti-Stalinism (after 1925) Permanent revolution Proletarian internationalism Political position Far-left National affiliation Russian Communist Party…
Leon Trotsky, after whom Trotskyism is named
The Soviet of Workers' Deputies of St. Petersburg in 1905, Trotsky in the center. The soviets were an early example of a workers council.
Trotsky in exile in Siberia, 1900
Lenin, Trotsky and Kamenev celebrating the second anniversary of the October Revolution