Terror as a demonstration of the will and strength of the proletariat is historically justified, precisely because the proletariat's will and strength are the only historical factors that can save humanity from the abyss.
— Leon Trotsky Modern

Russian revolutionary

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Terrorism and Communism

Date / Period

1920

Category

Shocking

Source

https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1920/terrcomm/ch04.htm

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