Topic 8

The socialist revolution in the neo-colonial world

Trotsky’s Permanent Revolution vs the SACP’s National Democratic Revolution

 

Reading 1: The Theory of the Permanent Revolution (MWT)

(from The Legacy of Leon Trotsky, Chapter 1)

 

Reading 2: The “New” SACP’s Explanation of Stalinism (MWT)

(from The Legacy of Leon Trotsky, Chapter 5)

 

Reading 3: Results & Prospects (Trotsky)

 

Reading 4: The Right of Nations to Self-Determination (Lenin)