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Trotskyism

Variety of Marxism developed by Leon Trotsky

Entitypolitical ideology Marxist school of thoughtQ181133

Also known as Trotskyist · Trotskyite · Trotskism

Instance of: political ideology
, Marxist school of thought
Subclass of: Leninism

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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 Fourth International. Trotsky described himself as an orthodox Marxist, a revolutionary Marxist, and a Bolshevik–Leninist as well as a follower of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Karl Liebknecht, and Rosa Luxemburg. His relationship with Lenin has been a source of intense historical debate. However, on balance, scholarly opinion among a range of prominent historians and political scientists such as E. H. Carr, Isaac Deutscher, Moshe Lewin, Ronald Suny, Richard B. Day and W. Bruce Lincoln was that Lenin's desired "heir" would have been a collective responsibility in which Trotsky was placed in "an important role and within which Stalin would be dramatically demoted ".

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Named after: Leon Trotsky
Discovered by: Leon Trotsky
Has list: list of Trotskyist organizations by country

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