Model for Revolution Stalin v Trotsky What am

Model for Revolution Stalin v. Trotsky What am I trying to do? To show you that a model exists that shows the pressures new societies experience in part it is to show that the process can be reversed through understanding Trotsky’s: “Revolution Betrayed” – Applies to Russia, France, Nicaragua, Cuba…

Evolution of Revolution Tyrany/despot: Elite, foreign ownership, NEW ELITE’ army, inequality, • Victory – State Capitalism creates prosperity for new elite – dependent on extremism/violence to retain privilege -Amalgamation of opposition against Tyrant -Rebellion overthrows Government and Tyrant -Revolution creates new laws: Land reform, social equity nationalizing, reform, export of ideas, and police – conflict causes power struggle: Hardliners win - “end justifies the means” • Interference from West in the form of: Civil War – Actual military intervention – Arms and legitimacy to the old regime’ – Reduction of trade

The Revolution Betrayed: Thermidor thesis • Stalin; the man of Social forces • Revolutions always turn conservative (Thermidor) • Death of Revolutionary fervor • Bureaucratization: consolidation of power • Defeat of international socialism • Even Lenin would have been overthrown • Left wingers arrested • Trotsky dies in Mexico in 1940 with an ice pick in his head.

Power struggle Stalin v. Trotsky three issues that separate the two men • • • Nationalism Personality Economics • “Socialism in one country” v. international revolution – • Apparatchik v. fame – – • Trotsky called for international revolution and Germany would help Russia develop. Stalin sensed that Russia was isolated and needed to create one communist nation. Trotsky was a famous Civil War hero, signed Brest-Litovsk, head of Soviet, famous thinker/writer/speaker Stalin organizer, controlled the appointment of officials for communist party. This meant that every body had to be Stalin’s friend to get a job. Industrialization v. NEP – Trotsky called for rapid industrialization (left) Stalin called for the preservation of the moderate policies of the NEP. (right) NEP won left was thrown out. Once right won Stalin began to eliminate his enemies and he himself then called for industrialization