Published in America in 1918, this collection gathers Trotsky’s writings from the 1905 revolution to the eve of October: the events in Petersburg, the prospects of a labour dictatorship, the Soviet of Workers’ Deputies and the lessons of the great year. A biographical sketch of the author introduces essays that set out the theory of a working-class revolution reaching beyond Russia.
Essential primary reading for anyone studying the Russian Revolution in the words of one of its makers. Download the free EPUB.