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HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

By Leon Trotsky
Read by Jonathan Booth
53 hours 06 minutes

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most cataclysmic events in world history, profoundly shaping politics, international relations, social patterns, economics and science in the century that followed. It created long-lasting aftershocks which travelled far beyond its geographical borders. How did it happen? Continue Reading →

THE REVOLUTION BETRAYED

What is the Soviet Union and where is it going?

By Leon Trotsky
Read by Jonathan Booth
tbc minutes

It is June 1936. Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) has finally been granted a visa for asylum in Norway, having been banned first from living in Paris, and then the whole of France.  With him comes the draft of The Revolution Betrayed: What is the Soviet Union and where is it going?, which is completed and sent to the publishers on the 4^th of August. Continue Reading →