Leon Trotsky

Born: 1879 Died: 1940
Lev Davidovich Bronstein. Leader, with V.I. Lenin, of the Russian Revolution. Architect of the Red Army. Soviet Commissar of Foreign Affairs 1917-1918 and Commissar of Military and Naval Affairs 1918-1924. In 1929, expelled from the Communist Party by the Stalinist faction of the Party and then deported from the USSR. In 1938 he helped found the Fourth International, the World Party of Socialist Revolution. In 1940, murdered by a Stalinist assassin at his home in exile, in Mexico.

The Trotsky Internet Archive (TIA) hopes to be central clearing house for Trotsky’s writings. We encourage others to duplicate this effort by mirroring this site, copying selected writings from the TIA and otherwise disseminating Trotsky’s writings. Many of Trotsky’s writings remains to be translated from the original Russian. Many of these writings are still buried in the archives of the Russian KGB. Still others reside in various university archives such as the “Trotsky Works” at Harvard. We hope to offer, eventually, ALL these writings in as many languages as possible. This will require the efforts of dozens of volunteer transcribers, translators, etc. To be part of this effort write the Administrator of the Trotsky Internet Archive.

The Trotsky Internet Archive Index Sorted by Individual Sets of Years:

1901-1910 | 1911-1917 | 1918-1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925-1926 | 1927 | 1928-1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933-1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940

A complete listing of the writings of Leon Trotsky in e-book format is here

Last Updated: 14 February, 2014

—Selected Quotations and Passages from Leon Trotsky—

The Trotsky Internet Archive Subject Indexes/Collected Writings Series
Selected Works: An index to a collection of writings here on the Trotsky Internet Archive selected by the TIA Director and volunteers as representing Trotsky’s most significant political works. [Note: this is still a work in progress]
Leon Trotsky on China: A complete collection of Trotsky’s writings on China covering the years 1925 through 1940
Leon Trotsky on Britain: A complete collection of Trotsky’s writings on Britain covering the years 1920 through 1940 with an emphasis on the mid-20s
The Rise of German Fascism: A complete collection of Trotsky’s writings on Germany covering the years 1930 through 1940
The Spanish Revolution: A complete (... but under construction) collection of Trotsky’s writings on Civil War in Spain covering the years 1931 through 1939
Our Revolution: Essays in Working Class and International Revolution, 1904–1917: A collection of Trotksy’s writings Edited by M. Olgin for the Soviet Government.
Literature and Art: A listing of Trotsky’s views on Marxism and the Arts.
Letters to Belgium: A collection of Trotsky’s letters to the Belgian Trotskyists.
Trotsky on Women: A collection of Trotsky’s articles on women and related subjects.
On Black Nationalism: A collection of discussions with Trotsky.
Political Profiles: Compilation of articles on leading figures in the European and Russian workers’ movement (total: 1.4mB).

Some works published later
but written in or around 1940

1942: In Defense of Marxism (collection of articles, letters) [Click here for PDF version – 602k] Significant work!
1944: Fascism (pamphlet first published in 1944)

Last updated on: 14 February 2014

Leon Trotsky

Last Updated: 14 February, 2014

—Selected Quotations and Passages from Leon Trotsky—

1901 — 1910

1911 — 1917

1918 — 1919

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925 — 1926

1927

1928 —1929

1930

1931

1932

1933 — 1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

Some works published later but written in or around 1940

Some works published later
but written in or around 1940