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[[File:Logo of the Fourth International.svg.png|thumb|283x283px|Symbols used by the [[Fourth International]], a major Trotskyist organization.]] | |||
'''Trotskyism''' refers to the political ideology advocated by [[Leon Trotsky]]. Trotsky identified as an orthodox [[Marxism|Marxist]] and [[Bolsheviks|Bolshevik]]-[[Leninism|Leninist]], and supported founding a [[vanguard party]], proletarian [[internationalism]], and a [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] based on [[Proletariat|working-class]] self-emancipation and mass [[democracy]]. Trotskyists have an [[international party]] called the [[Fourth International]], which is now broken up in several competing organizations. | '''Trotskyism''' refers to the political ideology advocated by [[Leon Trotsky]]. Trotsky identified as an orthodox [[Marxism|Marxist]] and [[Bolsheviks|Bolshevik]]-[[Leninism|Leninist]], and supported founding a [[vanguard party]], proletarian [[internationalism]], and a [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] based on [[Proletariat|working-class]] self-emancipation and mass [[democracy]]. Trotskyists have an [[international party]] called the [[Fourth International]], which is now broken up in several competing organizations. | ||
Trotskyists usually consider the [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] states neither [[Socialism|socialist]] nor [[capitalism|capitalist]], or socialist but not democratic, and only a minority of Trotskyists consider them as capitalist. They consider them [[degenerated workers' state|degenerated workers' states]], and Trotskyist groups have historically had varying degrees of support for them. For instance, while "[[In Defense of Marxism]]" views the [[USSR]] under and after [[Stalin]], [[People's Republic of China|China]], [[Republic of Cuba|Cuba]], and the like as being degenerated workers' states, the [[Socialist Workers Party]] is historically Trotskyist, but is actually strongly supportive of Cuba. | Trotskyists usually consider the [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] states neither [[Socialism|socialist]] nor [[capitalism|capitalist]], or socialist but not democratic, and only a minority of Trotskyists consider them as capitalist. They consider them [[degenerated workers' state|degenerated workers' states]], and Trotskyist groups have historically had varying degrees of support for them. For instance, while "[[In Defense of Marxism]]" views the [[USSR]] under and after [[Stalin]], [[People's Republic of China|China]], [[Republic of Cuba|Cuba]], and the like as being degenerated workers' states, the [[Socialist Workers Party]] is historically Trotskyist, but is actually strongly supportive of Cuba. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:48, 15 March 2024
Trotskyism refers to the political ideology advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky identified as an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, and supported founding a vanguard party, proletarian internationalism, and a dictatorship of the proletariat based on working-class self-emancipation and mass democracy. Trotskyists have an international party called the Fourth International, which is now broken up in several competing organizations.
Trotskyists usually consider the Marxist-Leninist states neither socialist nor capitalist, or socialist but not democratic, and only a minority of Trotskyists consider them as capitalist. They consider them degenerated workers' states, and Trotskyist groups have historically had varying degrees of support for them. For instance, while "In Defense of Marxism" views the USSR under and after Stalin, China, Cuba, and the like as being degenerated workers' states, the Socialist Workers Party is historically Trotskyist, but is actually strongly supportive of Cuba.
