Fascism: What It Is, How to Fight It: A Compilation - Softcover

Trotsky, Leon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 161427052X ISBN 13: 9781614270522

Publisher: Martino Fine Books, 2011

Synopsis

2011 Reprint of 1944 American Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Writing in the heat of struggle against the rise of fascism in Germany, France, and Spain in the 1930s, communist leader Leon Trotsky examines the class origins and character of fascist movements. Building on foundations laid by the Communist International in Lenin's time, Trotsky advances a working-class strategy to combat and defeat this malignant danger. Chapters on: Fascism: What Is It? -- How Mussolini Triumphed-- The Fascist Danger Looms in Germany-- An Aesop Fable-- The German Police and Army-- Bourgeoisie, Petty Bourgeoisie, and Proletariat-- The Collapse of Bourgeois Democracy-- Does the Petty Bourgeoisie Fear Revolution?-- The Workers' Militia and Its Opponents-- The Perspective in the United States-- Build the Revolutionary Party.

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Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and major theorist of Marxism. He was one of the key leaders of the 1917 Russian Revolution, second only to V.I. Lenin in political importance.

Edition details

• Publisher: Martino Fine Books
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 161427052X
• ISBN 13: 9781614270522
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 52