Results and Prospects

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Leon Trotsky. Results and Prospects

Results and Prospects

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Peculiarities of Russian Historical Development

The Towns and Capital

1789 – 1848 – 1905

Revolution and the Proletariat

The Proletariat in Power and the Peasantry

The Proletarian Regime

The Prerequisites of Socialism

A Workers’ Government in Russia and Socialism

Europe and Revolution

The Struggle for Power

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Leon Trotsky

Published by Good Press, 2021

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We, disciples of Marx, together with the German workers, stand by our conviction that the spring of revolution has arrived fully in accordance with the laws of social nature, and at the same time in accordance with the laws of Marxist theory, for Marxism is not a schoolmaster’s pointer rising above history, but a social analysis of the ways and means of the historic process which is really going on.

I have left the text of the two works – that of 1906 and that of 1915 – without any alterations. Originally I intended to supply the text with notes which would bring it up to date; but on looking through the text I had to renounce this intention. If I wanted to go into details, I should have to double the size of the book, for which I have no time at present – and, besides, such a ‘two-storeyed’ book would hardly be convenient for the reader. And, what is more important, I consider that the train of ideas in its main ramifications very nearly approaches the conditions of our time, and the reader who takes the trouble to get more thoroughly acquainted with this book will easily be able to supplement the exposition it gives with the necessary data taken from the experience of the present Revolution.

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