Josh Ireland re-examines the assassination of Leon Trotsky in 1940, exploring the characters and motivations behind one of history’s most famous murders.

After Stalin got rid of Trotsky, though Trotsky was still influencing Soviet politics through writing and publishing articles in exile, the troika between Lev Kamenev, Grigory Zinoviev and Stalin ...

Broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk’s (WDR) 24 July edition of “Zeitzeichen”, which commemorates a historical event every day, dealt with the arrival of Leon Trotsky in France 90 years ago. The Russian ...

His rival within Russian communism was Josef Stalin; the two leaders had a visceral dislike for one another. When Stalin consolidated his power, Trotsky was obliged to flee, eventually settling in ...

A call to remove the names of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin from the flags of Marxism and put them on trial. After the fall of the Leninist program, events proved that the Leninist program did not lead to ...

The late great Earl of Birkenhead, “The Galloper,” when Secretary of State for India prior to Joseph Stalin’s break with Leon Trotsky (TIME, Oct. 10, 1927), once openly remarked with characteristic ...

This post is in response to Pragmatism In Psychiatric Diagnosis By Allen J Frances M.D. When Leon Trotsky opposed Josef Stalin, it was a disagreement among believers. One believed in more Communism of ...

Today, March 5, marks the 73rd anniversary of the death of Joseph Stalin. Few figures of the 20th century shaped world history as profoundly as the Soviet dictator. His name stands both for the rise ...