[Edited Message Follows] [Reason: Editorial: Trotsky wasn't part of the Zimmerwald Left. See: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/21720]
Just Charles being Charles. :) He knows with the rest of us that his selected quotes all predate the First World War, before both became part of the antiwar Zimmerwald movement and particularly before Trotsky joined the Bolsheviks in 1917. Not only joined, but was entrusted by Lenin with the task of organizing the October Revolution as head of the Military Revolutionary Committee and then defending it as Commissar of War and head of the Red Army. Notably, Lenin also proposed that Trotsky become the Deputy Chair of the Council of People's Commissars in 1922 when his health was failing, leading many to interpret it as a sign that he favoured Trotsky as his successor. The two had their differences over Brest-Litovsk and Trotsky's policy on the trade unions but within the framework of deep respect for each other's theoretical and practical abilities and commitment to the party and the revolution. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39613): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39613 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116549413/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
